The economy minister of Japan pays a visit to Yasukuni Shrine prior to the autumn festival.

Yasutoshi Nishimura, the Minister of the Japanese Economy, paid a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Monday, a day before the festival that is held there in autumn.

Nishimura stated to the reporters that he made a ritual offering, which he paid for out of his own money, after he had finished praying at the shrine, which honours both the war dead and convicted war criminals along with the war dead.

"I prayed for t....