Abe sent offering to Yasukuni in 'private capacity': spokesman

Abe sent offering to Yasukuni in 'private capacity': spokesman

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks to reporters at his official residence on May 8 on controversies surrounding an offering he made to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in late April. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said he made the offering -- an evergreen plant used in Shinto rituals -- in a ''private capacity'' but Abe refused to say whether he actually did so, reiterating that he will remain ambiguous on issues related to Yasukuni as long as it may have inclement political or diplomatic effects.

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