TOKYO, Apr 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, sent a ritual offering today, to the notorious Yasukuni shrine, seen as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism, on the occasion of its spring festival.
Suga will not, however, visit the controversial shrine in person, during the two-day festival through Thursday.
The Japanese leader took the same approach for the shrine’s autumn festival last Oct, when he also sent a ritual “masakaki” tree offering. His cabinet members also refrained from visiting the shrine.
Suga’s ministers said, they will also refrain from visiting the war-linked shrine, in the upcoming days, although health minister, Norihisa Tamura and Shinji Inoue, the minister for the world exposition in Osaka, sent ritual trees to the spring festival.– NNN-XINHUA
