Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a monetary offering to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Monday for its autumn festival, while the country's land minister visited the site, seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.Takaichi, as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, paid for the offering out of her own pocket, according to Hiroshi Kajiyama, who heads the party's General Council. The prime minister also sent a "masakaki" ritual offering of evergreen twigs on Saturday.Takaichi, known as a conservative hawk, is expected to forgo a visit during the shrine's three-day autumn festival ending Monday."I brought the 'tamagushi' offering as a token from party President Takaichi," Kajiyama told reporters.Land minister Tatsunori Ibayashi visited the Shinto shr…