Abe Cabinet Members Make Visit to Yasukuni Shrine For Spring Festival

TOKYO, JAPAN - APRIL 23: Eriko Yamatani, state minister in charge of the North Korea abduction issue is seen upon arrival at Yasukuni Shrine on April 23, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Yamatani visited Yasukuni a day after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jniping held their summit in Jakarta, reportedly used their own money for shrine offerings and wrote her name and ministerial portfolios at Yasukuni, which memorializes 14 Class-A war criminals along with Japan's war dead. China and South Korea have long been critical of Japanese Cabinet ministers' visits to the shrine, which Seoul and Beijing say glorifies Japan's military past. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)