Seoul urges Japan’s leaders to ‘face history squarely’ and show through action ‘a sincere remorse for its past’
Former prime minister Shinzo Abe visited the shrine in 2013, sparking fury in Beijing and Seoul and earning a rare diplomatic rebuke from close ally the United States.
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