Japanese parliamentarians visit war shrine co

Tokyo: More than 100 high ranking Japanese officials are reported to have visited a martyr’s shrine in Tokyo. This was condemned by China and Korea as a symbol of Japan's past military history. A cross-party group of parliamentarians comprising of 110 members are paid homage at the Yasukuni Shrine during its four-day autumn festival. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who had secured irritation of Beijing and Seoul by visiting the shrine in December last year, is thought unlikely to go even after his...