Kishida sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni on the occasion of the Tokyo shrine's spring festival, although Japan's leader is expected to refrain from paying a visit. | AFP-JIJI

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni, a Shinto shrine that has been at the heart of diplomatic frictions with China and South Korea, which regard it as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism, a source familiar with the matter said. The masakaki offering on the occasion of the Tokyo

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