Defense minister Nobuo Kishi and economic and fiscal policy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Friday visited Yasukuni shrine, seen by Japan's neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism, ahead of the anniversary of the end of World War II.The visit by members of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet to the shrine, which honors convicted war criminals along with more than 2.4 million war dead, drew rebukes from South Korea and China.Kishi is the first sitting defense minister confirmed to have paid a visit to the Shinto shrine in central Tokyo since Tomomi Inada went in December 2016. He to…READ FULL ARTICLE