TOKYO, (PNA/Kyodo) — Senior Vice Foreign Minister Nobuo Kishi, the younger brother of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday during its annual autumn festival.
After paying homage at the shrine during the four-day festival through Sunday, Kishi told reporters he entered his name in the register book with a title as House of Representatives member.
He said his visit would not have an impact on Japan’s relations with other countries and that he had not conferred with the prime minister about the visit.