Japanese PM Shinzo Abe sends offering to controversial Yasukuni Shrine on WW2 anniversary

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Saturday – the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II – but avoided a personal visit that would anger China and South Korea.At least two cabinet ministers paid their respects in person at the shrine, which honours 14 Japanese wartime leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal, as well as war dead, and is seen by Beijing and Seoul as a symbol of Japan’s…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3097491/japanese-pm-shinzo-abe-sends-offering-controversial-yasukuni