{
  "id": 958534,
  "title": "China Protests Japan PM, Defense Minister’s Yasukuni Actions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/china-protests-japan-pm-defense-ministers-yasukuni-actions",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T04:01:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-15/china-protests-japan-pm-defense-minister-s-yasukuni-actions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China lodged a formal protest with Japan after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent an offering to Yasukuni shrine and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi visited it on the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}