TOKYO: A Japanese cabinet minister visited a controversial war shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday, six days after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's own visit enraged Japan's neighbors and sparked criticism from Washington.
Yoshitaka Shindo, the minister of internal affairs and communication, visited Yasukuni shrine on New Year's Day as thousands of people attended Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples to pray for good fortune in 2014, Jiji and Kyodo news agencies said.
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