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Japan PM sends offering to Yasukuni shrine as ministers visit
Original: Japan PM sends cash offering to war-linked Yasukuni, more ministers visit
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has sent a cash offering to the Yasukuni shrine, which honours Japan's war dead including convicted war criminals, while additional cabinet ministers made visits in person. The move during the shrine's autumn festival is likely to draw criticism from China and South Korea, where Yasukuni visits are viewed as a symbol of Japan's wartime militarism.
Why now: The offering and ministerial visits during the autumn festival routinely anger China and South Korea, making it a recurring diplomatic flashpoint.
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- Japan PM sends cash offering to war-linked Yasukuni, more ministers visit · Japan Wire by Kyodo News
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