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Japanese shrine that honors war dead, including convicted war criminals, is vandalized again

Aug. 19, 2024 04:08 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalized again overnight Monday. “It is deplorable that an act seeking to denigrate the shrine’s dignity has happened again,” the shrine said in a...