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A Rising Sun flag is hoisted as people enter the controversial Yasukuni shrine to honour the dead to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II in Tokyo on August 15, 2015. Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War II on August 15 under criticism from neighbours China and South Korea which said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's speech the day before failed to properly apologise for Tokyo's past aggression. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo by TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP) (Photo by TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)