BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Negative moves in Japan related to Yasukuni Shrine constitute a blatant provocation against international justice and affront to human conscience, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday, adding China is strongly indignant over and deplores such practices.

Spokesperson Guo Jiakun made the remarks at a daily press briefing when asked to make comment after a cross-party group of 126 Japanese lawmakers on Wednesday reportedly visited the notorious Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, a symbol of Japanese militarism and wartime aggression. ■