On the 21st, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, in line with the Yasukuni Shrine's annual spring festival, offered a tribute to the shrine under the name "Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba."
As of now, no cabinet members have explicitly stated they will visit the shrine. During the autumn annual festival last October, shortly after the Ishiba government was established and coinciding with the House of Representatives election period, neither the Prime Minister nor any cabinet members visited the shrine.
The Yasukuni Shrine's spring and autumn festivals, held every April and October, are considered significant commemorative events. The last time a sitting Japanese Prime Minister visited Yasukuni Shrine was Shinzo Abe in December 2013. Former Prime Ministers Fumio Kishida and Yoshihide Suga did not visit during their tenures but offered tributes instead.
Moreover, members of the cross-party parliamentary group "Diet Members Group for Visiting Yasukuni Shrine Together" plan to visit on April 22.
Located in Tokyo, Yasukuni Shrine enshrines Class-A war criminals from World War II, and any visit by a Japanese Prime Minister or cabinet member typically triggers strong reactions from China and South Korea.