Japan’s new leader Fumio Kishida sends ritual offering to controversial Yasukuni Shrine | South China Morning Post

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent a ritual offering, a “masakaki” tree, to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on October 17, 2021, to celebrate the shrine’s twice-yearly festival held in the spring and autumn. The move has angered China and South Korea, which both see the shrine as a symbol of Japan’s militaristi…

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