Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Nishimura visits Yasukuni Shrine... ``Disappointment and regret'' = South Korean government

The South Korean government expressed regret over the visit of Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura to Yasukuni Shrine, where Class A war criminals are enshrined, on the morning of the 16th.
Kyodo News reported that Yasutoshi Nishimura, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, visited Yasukuni Shrine on the same day and told reporters, ``Thinking of our country and families, we pray for the well-being of the spirits of the heroes who fell in the ravages of war.''
I prayed.'' Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura, who belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, the Abe faction, said last year on the day of the end of the war (August 15) and just before the Autumn Festival, and again this year on the day of the end of the war.
Immediately after that, on August 21st, they each visited Yasukuni Shrine. An official from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (equivalent to Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs) said, ``The South Korean government is glorifying Japan's past wars of aggression and using Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines war criminals.
I would like to express my deep disappointment and regret that a Japanese government minister visited the shrine." On the other hand, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida did not visit Yasukuni Shrine and decided to dedicate an offering called ``Masakaki''.
Kyodo News reported that there is a possibility.