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People wait for a gate to open to offer New Year prayers at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in the last minutes of December 31, 2006. The Imperial chrysanthemum emblems are seen at the gate. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)
People wait for a gate to open to offer New Year prayers at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in the last minutes of December 31, 2006. The Imperial chrysanthemum emblems are seen at the gate. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)