According to the Japanese GG Press news agency, some 90 Japanese MPs paid a visit to the Yasoconi temple in Tokyo on Tuesday in honour of the celebrations of the fall festival.
The Democratic Party for the People, the Japan Renewal Party, the Democratic Party for the People, and the NHK party, all of which are affiliated with the government liberal Democratic Party, were represented in the Group of Representatives.
Japan “condamns its peace and prosperity today” to the soldiers who gave their lives in the war to defend their country.
Noting that nearly 2.5 million people died in the war, the shrine honours war criminals who were found guilty.
Previous visits to the shrine by Japanese leaders and deputies have sparked anger in China and South Korea in particular, as it represents the embodiment of the Japanese military tendency in the past..
90 legislators visit the contentious Yasoconi temple in Japan.
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