Outgoing Japan lower house speaker sends ritual offering to Yasukuni

Outgoing Japan lower house speaker sends ritual offering to Yasukuni

Photo shows a ritual offering dedicated by Japanese House of Representatives Speaker Nobutaka Machimura on April 21, 2015 to Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine. Machimura, who announced his decision a day earlier to step down as the speaker for health reasons, made the "masakaki" tree offering under his name. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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