A total of 81 Diet members visited Yasukuni Shrine on Friday, one day before the controversial Tokyo institution starts its annual Reitaisai spring festival.
One participant, Takashi Morita of Kokumin Shinto (People’s New Party), is parliamentary secretary of general affairs in the Democratic Party of Japan-led government, but no Cabinet ministers joined the visit.
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