Lawmakers launches group to consider secular war memorial

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Taku Yamasaki addresses lawmakers in Tokyo on Nov. 9 at an inaugural session of a nonpartisan group to consider building a secular war memorial to help resolve the controversy over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine. The meeting was attended by about 100 legislators from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, the New Komeito party, and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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