Japanese Internal Affairs Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (C) arrives at the war-linked controversial Yasukuni Shrine for worship, in Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2013. Visits to the shrine by Japanese ministers and lawmakers have sparked strong opposition from China and South Korea, both of which had suffered from Japan's aggression. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)

Keiji Furuya (2nd, R), chairman of Japan's national public safety commission, arrives at the war-linked controversial Yasukuni Shrine for worship, in Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2013. Visits to the shrine by Japanese ministers and lawmakers have sparked strong opposition from China and South Korea, both of which had suffered from Japan's aggression. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)

Keiji Furuya, chairman of Japan's national public safety commission, arrives at the war-linked controversial Yasukuni Shrine for worship, in Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2013. Visits to the shrine by Japanese ministers and lawmakers have sparked strong opposition from China and South Korea, both of which had suffered from Japan's aggression. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)