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Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine picks ex-admiral as chief priest

By Yukiko Toyoda TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine has picked a former military commander as its chief priest, in a move that could stir controversy over a site that other Asian nations see as a symbol of Japan’s wartime aggression. The shrine on Friday named Umio Otsuka, a former Maritime Self Defense Force (SDF) commander […]