N. Korea raps Japan PM Takaichi over bow toward war-linked Yasukuni shrine

North Korea on Monday criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for bowing toward the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo earlier this month, with state-run media saying her gesture reflects "militaristic ambition that has gone to extremes.""It is something rare to be seen that the incumbent prime minister made a bow toward the shrine on the day of defeat," the official Korean Central News Agency said in its commentary.Takaichi, known for her hawkish security policies, did not visit the shrine, which honors convicted war criminals along with millions of war dead, on Aug. 15, the 81s…READ FULL ARTICLE