Group of Japanese politicians visits war-linked shrine

A nonpartisan group of lawmakers visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday, which has long been a source of friction between Japan and its neighboring countries that suffered from its wartime militarism.Around 60 lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties included Masahisa Sato, a senior vice foreign minister, visited the shrine to the nation's war dead in Tokyo. The group visits Yasukuni on multiple occasions every year, including Aug. 15, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II."We paid a visit wishing nobody else would ever be enshrined here," said Hidehis…READ FULL ARTICLE