Yasutoshi Nishimura, economy, trade and industry minister, visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine on Friday ahead of its autumn festival next week, sources close to him said.Past visits by Japanese leaders and lawmakers to the Shinto shrine, which honors convicted war criminals along with the war dead, have riled Japan's Asian neighbors as they view it as a symbol of the country's past militarism.Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at a press conference Friday that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida "will decide as appropriate" whether to visit this year.Kishida is expected to send a "m…READ FULL ARTICLE
