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China News Service, Tokyo, August 15 (Reporter Zhu Chenxi) August 15 this year marks the 79th anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender. The Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines 14 Class A war criminals of World War II, has once again become the focus of external attention.

On the 15th, three cabinet members of the Kishida Cabinet went to the Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage. The first Japanese cabinet member to pay homage to the Yasukuni Shrine that day was Minister of Economic Revitalization Yoshitaka Shindo; then Defense Minister Minoru Kihara also went to the Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage; and then Minister of Economic Security Sanae Takaichi. Yoshitaka Shindo and Sanae Takaichi are "familiar faces" among Japanese politicians who use visits to the Yasukuni Shrine to show off their status, but it is relatively rare for a serving defense minister to visit the Yasukuni Shrine. Japan's "Daily News" said that Minoru Kihara was the third serving defense minister to visit the Yasukuni Shrine.

At the same time, about 80 members of Japan's cross-party parliamentary group "Let's visit the Yasukuni Shrine together" visited the shrine again that morning.

Some individual Japanese parliamentarians also went to pay their respects on the same day, such as Shinjiro Koizumi, son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, and Takayuki Kobayashi, former Minister of Economic Affairs and Security. The Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced the day before that he would not participate in the LDP presidential election to be held in September. The above two are the hot candidates for the next LDP president as reported by the Japanese media.

Fumio Kishida himself did not go to the shrine on that day, but through his agent, he offered "tamagushiryo" (incense money) to the Yasukuni Shrine at his own expense in the name of "President of the Liberal Democratic Party."

The Yasukuni Shrine is located in Chiyoda District, Tokyo. It enshrines 14 Class A war criminals of World War II, including Hideki Tojo. For a long time, some Japanese politicians and members of parliament have insisted on visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, which has been strongly opposed by many peace-loving people in Japan and the international community. (End)