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  "id": 1088277,
  "title": "Japan PM Takaichi Skips Visit To Disputed Shrine On World War II Anniversary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/japan-pm-takaichi-skips-visit-to-disputed-shrine-on-world-war-ii",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T16:05:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
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    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/japan-pm-takaichi-skips-visit-to-disputed-shrine-on-world-war-ii-anniversary-11915181"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates over 2.4 million people who died in wars, became controversial after enshrining 14 convicted World War II Japanese war criminals.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Japan's Takaichi skips controversial Yasukuni Shrine visit on anniversary of World War II surrender",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/japans-takaichi-skips-controversial-yasukuni-shrine-visit-on",
        "published": "2026-08-15T06:12:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}