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Kishida vows to push rules-based order as Japan's defense chief visits Yasukuni 79 years after WWII

Aug. 15, 2024 10:03 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to step up his country’s effort to defend a rules-based international order in a peace pledge made Thursday on the 79th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II. “We will never again repeat the tragedy of war” and...