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Junichi Sumi ■ Born in Shimane Prefecture in 1973. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University with a BA in International Politics and Economics, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in ...

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Tokyo, April 21 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made a ritual "masakaki" tree offering to Yasukuni Shrine at the start of the war-related Tokyo shrine's spring festival on Monday.

A group of Japanese lawmakers visited a controversial shrine in Tokyo Tuesday during a three-day spring festival, despite opposition from South Korea, according to local media reports. Around 70 ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gave a ritual masakaki tree offering to Yasukuni Shrine at the start of the war-related Tokyo shrine's spring festival on Monday. Ishiba has no plans to visit the ...