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Each story counts once per selected entity, using extracted mentions and confirmed aliases. Background mentions are included. Only processed stories with text in the selected language are available; missing extraction is unknown. This measures archive coverage, not active participation or public popularity.
According to Japanese media reports, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and several other politicians sent ritual offerings to Yasukuni Shrine today, October 17, while Japan's minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, Minoru Kiuchi, visited the shrine. Yasukuni Shrine honors 14 Japanese Class-A war criminals. Japanese commentators criti…