Japan PM Kishida sends offering to Yasukuni shrine on WWII anniv.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday sent a ritual offering to the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, seen by some as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, as the nation marked the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II.In another development, economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visited the Shinto shrine, marking the fourth consecutive year that a Cabinet member has offered prayers at Yasukuni on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.Kishida sent the "masakaki" offering to the shrine which has long been a source of diplomatic tension with China and South Korea. The prime minis…READ FULL ARTICLE