September 25, 1991 (, Xinwei August 18), the Supreme Court decision of the government cabinet members to visit the Yasukuni Shrine unconstitutional.

1991 25 Japanese Supreme Court today rejected the Iwate Prefectural Assembly, the special appeal of the district authorities, the judgment of the government cabinet members official visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in violation of the Constitution.
the judgment of the Supreme Court of Japan confirmed the Sendai High Court judgment of January 10, 1991 on the visit to the Yasukuni Shrine unconstitutional. Sendai High Court had Iwate Prefecture residents the "Shrine litigation trial. Litigation, Iwate Prefecture Council made in 1979 to achieve the Emperor, Prime Minister resolution and County Speaker of the official visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, the county governor, and 35 people in 1981 in public funds to pay visits to the Yasukuni Shrine incense money violates the constitution about separation of church and state principles and requirements of incense money recovered a total of more than 20,000 yen. After hearings, the Sendai High Court judgment, "the official visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in purpose with religious significance, should be said to evoke concerned about the behavior of a particular religion, belongs to the Constitution prohibits religious behavior. The "incense money to pay detrimental to the pursuit of the principle of secularism Iwate Prefecture authorities neutrality." Iwate Prefecture (lssdjt.cn)
authorities refused to accept the above judgment, an extraordinary appeal to the Supreme Court of Japan. Japan, however, the Supreme Court not only dismissed the appeal, and finds that the special appeal of Iwate Prefecture authorities do not comply with the relevant laws and.
In 1985, former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, the first official visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, Japan around a lot of litigation on the issue of the Yasukuni Shrine. The Supreme Court's decision today will have a profound impact on the trial of the proceedings of this series.