Former Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura visits Yasukuni Shrine, former Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party (Kyodo News)

Yasutoshi Nishimura, a former Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and former senior member of the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, visited Yasukuni Shrine in Kudankita, Tokyo, on the 23rd to coincide with the shrine's annual spring festival. He made a sacred offering. After the visit, he told reporters, "This is also the turning point of 80 years since the end of the war, and I have renewed my determination for peace." Nishimura …