尽管福田明确了他将不再参拜敬国神社，仍然有160名议会成员在上个月到场表示了敬意。 这一现象表明日本的保守派势力仍然十分强大，因此未来的日本首相不一定会放弃参拜神社的权利。
While Fukuda has made it clear that he will not visit the Yasukuni Shrine, 160 other parliamentarians paid homage at the site last month, an indication that conservative forces in Japan remain strong and that future prime ministers may not abstain from visiting Yasukuni.