Yasukuni shrine serves Abe's purpose -- and Beijing's
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- Costs and benefits
- Revisionism
- Ambiguity
- No solution
- Risk of backfiring
- 'Standing up' to China
- Mutual benefit?
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_350.jpg "A family holds Japan's rising sun flag as they visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo (Reuters/Issei Kato)")