Yasukuni Shrine
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Yasukuni Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in ChiyodaTokyoJapan. It is dedicated to the soldiers and others who died fighting on behalf of the Emperor of Japan. Currently, its Symbolic Registry of Divinities lists the names of over 2,466,000 enshrined men and women whose lives were dedicated to the service of Imperial Japan, particularly to those killed in wartime. It also houses one of the few Japanese war museums dedicated to World War II. There are also commemorative statues to mothers and animals who sacrificed in the war. The shrine has attracted controversy for enshrining a number of war criminals from the Second World War.

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