Abe refrains from visiting shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a "masakaki" tree offering from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose name and title of the prime minister is written on a plate attached to a tree at left, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2013. Abe sent the offering to the war-linked shrine for its annual autumn festival but refrained from visiting to avoid further fraying ties with China and South Korea.

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