Japan Ministers visit controversial shrine

China, S. Korea register their protest

Three Japanese Cabinet Ministers visited a shrine seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Tokyo’s past militarism on Sunday, the anniversary of the nation’s Second World War surrender. It came after two other members of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s Cabinet, including Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi, visited Yasukuni Shrine on Friday, drawing angry reactions from China and South Korea. The shrine in central Tokyo honours 2.5 million war dead, mostly Japanese, who have perished since the late 19th century. But it also enshrines senior military and political figures convicted of war crimes by an international tribunal.