(1)80 lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

(1)80 lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers, including former House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki (3rd from R), visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 22 to mark the occasion of its annual spring festival as in past years, despite already testy relations with China. A nonpartisan parliamentarian group promoting worship at the shrine said 80 Diet members and 88 representatives of lawmakers belonging to the group visited the shrine. No incumbent Cabinet minister took part.

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