By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi visited Yasukuni shrine on Friday, according to local media, paying his respects at the shrine for war dead that is seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Japan s past militarism. Footage from broadcaster TV Asahi showed Kishi visiting the Tokyo shrine, the first by a defence minister since 2016 and two days before the anniversary of Japan s surrender in World War Two. Nearly eight decades after the end of the war, Yasukuni remains a potent symbol of the wartime legacy in East Asia and a flashpoint for tension with China and both Koreas. Among those honoured at the shrine are 14 World War Two leaders convicted as Class A war criminals by an Allied tribunal in 1948. Many Japanese pay respects to relatives at the shrine and conservatives say leaders should be able to commemorate the war dead. Chinese and Koreans, however, resent the honours accorded to the war criminals. Kishi told reporters his visit was to pa
BERLIN (AP) Striking railway workers in Germany kept much of the country's train service suspended Thursday as they continued their nationwide work stoppage for a second day. Only one-quarter of long-distance trains were running and about 40 % of regional and local commuter trains, German news agency dpa reported.
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