超党派約９０人が靖国参拝

　超党派の「みんなで靖国神社に参拝する国会議員の会」は１８日、東京・九段北の靖国神社の秋季例大祭に合わせ、集団参拝した。自民党、日本維新の会、国民民主党、ＮＨＫ党などから約９０人が参加。自民党の山田美樹環境副大臣や杉田水脈総務政務官らが参拝した。
　参拝後、逢沢一郎副会長は記者会見し、「今日の日本の平和や繁栄は多くのご英霊が礎となっている。平和の大切さを心に刻み、日本を守り抜いていく」と語った。議連は４月の春の例大祭にもそろって参拝している。（2022/10/18-10:36）

Some 90 Japanese lawmakers visited Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo together on Tuesday during its autumn festival.
   They are members of a suprapartisan group of lawmakers promoting visits to the shrine and included those from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), the Democratic Party for the People and the NHK Party, which is critical of public broadcaster NHK, or Japan Broadcasting Corp.
   Among them were State Minister of the Environment Miki Yamada and Parliamentary Vice Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Mio Sugita, both from the LDP.
   The Shinto shrine is regarded as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by neighboring countries such as China and South Korea, as it honors Class-A war criminals along with the war dead.
   "Japan owes its peace and prosperity today" to people who died for the country in war, Ichiro Aisawa, deputy head of the suprapartisan group, who is also a member of the LDP, told a press conference. "We will continue working to protect Japan while remembering the importance of peace in mind," he added.