101 lawmakers visit Yasukuni for fall festival

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (2nd from R) and 100 lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties drink a cup of libation after visiting the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18 for its annual fall festival. They included 93 from the LDP, three from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and members of other parties, but no Cabinet members. Last year, 79 lawmakers of the nonpartisan group visited the Shinto shrine for the event. (Kyodo)

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