TOKYO - Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Thursday, the first day of its autumn festival, instead of visiting the site that has long been a source of diplomatic friction with Japan's neighbors.
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