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A visitor takes a picture of the Imperial Chrysanthemum crest on the main gate (Shinmon) of Yasukuni Shrine with his cell phone on August 15th, 2008.
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A man in a kimono dress pays a visit to Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th, 2008.
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Members of the Japanese Imperial Army reenactment band march through Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th, 2008.
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Yasukuni Shrine's Main Hall(Haiden) is reflected on the showcase of Ikebana, Japanese Art of flower arrangement, on August 15th, 2008.
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People pay their respects to the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th, 2008.
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A young member of the right wing extremists argues with security officer over his reckless bicycle behavior in front of Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th. 2008.
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Noh Theater (Nogakudo) in Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th, 2008.
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Open display of Zero Fighter at Yasukuni Shrine's War Museum on August 15th, 2008.
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Members of the Right Wing nationalist group parade with banners of the National Anthem of Japan at Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th, 2008.
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A man holds a picture of Megumi Yokota, one of Japanese citizen abducted by North Korea in the late 1970s, at the Great Gate of Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, 2008, although it is nothing to do with the commemoration ceremony itself, Yasukuni Shrine has become a political battleground.
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A man impersonates the Japanese Imperial Army Captain at Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th, 2008.
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Bronze relief in Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates the invasion of Tianjin castle in China by the Japanese imperial army for suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 on August 15th, 2008.
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The bronze statue of Masujiro Omura, the Father of the Modern Japanese Army, looks over Yasukuni Shrine on August 15th, 2008 . The statue was installed in 1893 and Japan's first western style sculpture.
