It was not immediately clear if any cabinet ministers were among the group. Led by priests, the lawmakers, clad in dark suits, entered the main shrine building to pray for Japan's war dead as they bowed at the threshold.
Svētnīcā kopā ieradušies apmēram 80 politiķi. Ziņu aģentūra "Ķyodo" vēsta, ka to vidū esot arī Japānas veselības, darba lietu un labklājības ministrs Jasuhisa Šiozaki.