Japan's economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura visited Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni shrine on Monday, about a week after the Aug. 15 anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.The visit came after Nishimura went to the shrine a few days before the anniversary day last year, having also attended its autumn festival that year since he joined the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in August 2022.When asked by reporters why he did not visit the shrine on Aug. 15, Nishimura said, "I visited the shrine in a quiet environment," following the death of his father last month."I prayed for the…READ FULL ARTICLE
