UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed regret over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Yasukuni Shrine.
The shrine honors Japan's war dead. Those remembered include military and political leaders convicted of war crimes after World War Two.
Ban said in a statement issued on Saturday by his spokesperson that he is aware of the visit by Prime Minister Abe and the strong reaction to it by China and South Korea.
The secretary general added that it is highly regrettable that tension from the past is still plaguing the region.
Source: NHK
