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flag Japanese activist leads Yasukuni Shrine tours to expose wartime glorification.

flag At 89, Japanese activist Junichi Hasegawa is leading tours to the Yasukuni Shrine to expose what he calls its glorification of wartime aggression. flag Having compiled a booklet detailing the site's militaristic symbols and concealment of atrocities, Hasegawa criticizes right-wing efforts to rebrand the shrine as peaceful tourism while emphasizing the inclusion of Class-A war criminals and his own apologies for past actions.

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