BREAKING NEWS: Japan PM sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine for autumn rite
- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine during its three-day autumn festival.
- The offering was a potted plant called “masakaki,” sent under Takaichi’s official title as prime minister.
- Yasukuni Shrine honors 14 convicted Class-A Japanese war criminals from World War II.
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi offered a tribute at Yasukuni Shrine. However, it appears she will not visit in person, considering potential diplomatic friction with countries such as South Korea and China. According to reports from Japan's Kyodo News and others on the 17th, Prime Minister Takaichi, marking the start of the Autumn Grand Festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on that day, [addressed]
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi offered a tribute to mark the start of the autumn festival at Yasukuni Shrine on the 17th. She sent a masagaki in the name of the Prime Minister but does not plan to visit the shrine in person. This appears to be a result reflecting the customs of past prime ministers and her recent actions.
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