Japan's 'Bipartisan Parliamentary Group' of 87 Members Visits Yasukuni Shrine Collectively (Update)

87 current Japanese members of the National Diet collectively paid a visit to Yasukuni Shrine, where Class A war criminals from the Pacific War are enshrined.

LDP lawmaker Ichiro Aisawa (right) and other members of the "Group of Lawmakers Visiting Yasukuni Shrine Together" are participating in a collective visit to Yasukuni Shrine on the 21st.
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According to Kyodo News on the 21st, around 8 a.m. that day, 87 members of the "Bipartisan Parliamentary Group," composed of current Diet members from the Liberal Democratic Party, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, and the right-wing Japan Innovation Party, visited Yasukuni Shrine.

Ichiro Aisawa, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and vice chairman of the group, stated after the visit, "Although the Group of Seven (G7) leaders are taking a tough stance toward China and Russia, I hope that the leaders of each country will contribute to realizing peace."

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