TOKYO: Dozens of Japanese lawmakers visited a controversial war shrine Tuesday, in an annual pilgrimage that drew an angry response from Seoul, which sees it as a painful reminder of Tokyo’s warring past.

China did not immediately comment, but it criticized Abe’s offering on Monday.

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