Japan PM Abe sends ritual donation to Yasukuni Shrine on war anniversary

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual donation to the Yasukuni Shrine dedicated to Japan's war dead on Wednesday as the country marked the anniversary of the end of World War II, but he refrained from visiting in person for the sixth consecutive year.By again forgoing a visit for the anniversary, the prime minister is apparently attempting to walk the line between appealing to his conservative base while avoiding protests from countries like China and South Korea that suffered under Japan's wartime brutality and view the shrine as a symbol of its past militarism.Reactions from China and S…READ FULL ARTICLE