Japan Times :: Thursday, April 23, 2009

• 15. NATIONAL NEWS :: 87 Diet members turn out for Yasukuni festival
  April 23, 2009
  Eighty-seven Diet members, including 11 in government posts, visited Yasukuni Shrine during its spring festival Wednesday as part of a biannual group event.
  The move came a day after Prime Minister Taro Aso admitted making an offering for the war-related shrine's three-day festival that began Tuesday, as well as for last year's fall festival, prompting concerns from China and South Korea ahead of his scheduled visit to China next week. continued ...