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Hirohito rued war criminals’ enshrinement

The late Emperor Hirohito worried that Yasukuni Shrine’s move to honor Class-A war criminals would adversely affect Japan’s future relations with its former wartime foes as well as change the nature of the institution dedicated to the nation’s war dead, a source said Friday.

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