Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sent a ritual offering Saturday to Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, but he is not expected to visit amid improving relations with China.Suga, who took office last month, followed the way of his predecessor Shinzo Abe in offering the "masakaki" tree in the name of the prime minister to celebrate the Shinto shrine's biannual festival held in the spring and autumn.Suga did not make an offering during his roughly eight years as chief Cabinet secretary, or top government spokesman, in the Abe administration.Th…READ FULL ARTICLE