A group of South Koreans testified in court Friday in a bid to have their relatives' names struck from Yasukuni Shrine's list of war dead, saying the inclusion is "shameful and a disgrace."

One South Korean plaintiff meanwhile demanded that his name also be struck from the list. He found out in 1959 that he had wrongly been included among the war dead.

The suit, filed with the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 26 by 11 plaintiffs, charges the contentious Tokyo shrine inappropriately consecrates those who died in the war. Three of the plaintiffs are suing the government concurrently.