By Antoni Slodkowski and Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Thursday, a temple seen as a symbol of Japan's World War Two militarism, prompting a swift and sharp rebuke from China. The first serving prime minister to visit the shrine in seven years, Abe however said he had no intention of hurting the sentiments of Japan's neighbors. China and South Korea have repeatedly expressed anger in the past over Japanese politicians' visits to Yasukuni, where Japanese leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal are honored along with war dead.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/japan-pm-abe-visit-yasukuni-shrine-war-dead-015745233.html

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