超党派議連１００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日午前、東京・九段北の靖国神社の秋季例大祭に合わせて集団参拝した。自民党、日本維新の会、国民民主党、参政党などから約１００人が参加。自民党の小里泰弘首相補佐官や森山裕総務会長らが参拝した。
　参拝後に記者会見した逢沢一郎副会長は「直接戦争を経験した国民はかなり少なくなったが、悲惨な戦争の記憶を決して風化させてしまうことがあってはならない」と強調した。（2023/10/18-09:59）

Some 100 lawmakers from Japan's ruling and opposition parties visited together war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday, during its three-day autumn festival until Thursday.
   They are members of a suprapartisan group promoting visits to the Shinto shrine, which is regarded as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by neighboring countries such as China and South Korea, as it honors Class-A World War II criminals along with the war dead.
   They included Yasuhiro Ozato, special adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Hiroshi Moriyama, chairman of the LDP's General Council. Also among the lawmakers were those from Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), the Democratic Party for the People and Sanseito, all opposition parties.
   "Although the number of people who directly experienced the war has decreased considerably, we should never allow the memories of the tragic war to fade away," Ichiro Aisawa, deputy head of the suprapartisan group, told a press conference after the visit.