People maintain social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic while praying at Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine, seen by Japan's neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism, on Aug. 15, 2020, as the country marks 75 years since its surrender in World War II. (Kyodo)

TOKYO - Four members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet visited the Yasukuni shrine, seen by Japan's neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism, as the country marked the anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Saturday, while Abe himself sent a ritual offering.