Yasukuni shrine, Japanese Land and Transport Minister Yuichiro Hata, fellow lawmakers, 67th anniversary of Japan's surrender, World War II, in Tokyo. 靖國神社, 日本國土交通大臣 Yuichiro Hata, 資深國會議員, 日本投降67週年, 第二次世界大戰, 東京.

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