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[Breaking News]Japan PM Ishiba's ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 17 Kyodo - Video taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2025, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for the Shinto shrine's three-day autumn festival. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Ishiba's ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2025, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering (L) sent by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for the Shinto shrine's three-day autumn festival.

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

People walk through a waterlogged street market in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

Women stand in ankle-deep water while shopping at a street market in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

Devotees and residents wade through the waters of Adi Ganga in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

Devotees and residents wade through the waters of Adi Ganga in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

People walk through a waterlogged street market in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

People walk through a waterlogged street market in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

A woman walks through a waterlogged street market in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

Devotees and residents wade through the waters of Adi Ganga in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

A woman applies sindoor to the deity Satyavan while standing in knee-deep water in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

A man walks through floodwater in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

A woman applies sindoor to the deity Satyavan while standing in knee-deep water in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

Devotees and residents wade through the waters of Adi Ganga in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

A woman lies on a platform partially submerged by floodwater in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

People walk through a waterlogged street market in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

People walk through a waterlogged street market in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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High Tide Submerges Sacred Site Kolkata - India

Men and children stand and swim in the floodwaters of Adi Ganga in Kolkata, India on August 11, 2025. In Kolkata’s Kalighat area, the Adi Ganga has overflowed due to high tide, flooding streets and temple surroundings. Devotees, some standing knee- or waist-deep in water, continue offering sindoor and carrying ritual pots in honor of the deities Savitri and Satyavan. Photo by Amit Ghosh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

An elderly Iraqi woman known as Hajiya Umm Hussein stands with her young daughter along a roadside in Basrah, Iraq, on July 22, 2025, offering water to pilgrims en route to Karbala. She performs this humble act of hospitality as part of a long-standing Shiite tradition during religious pilgrimages. The route to Karbala is a sacred journey for millions of Shiite Muslims, and local families like Umm Hussein’s take pride in serving the faithful along the way. Her gesture not only reflects religious devotion but also symbolizes resilience and generosity amid the economic hardship faced by many Iraqi families. Despite the challenges, she continues to honor this ritual of service, teaching her daughter the values of faith, compassion, and community. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

An elderly Iraqi woman known as Hajiya Umm Hussein stands with her young daughter along a roadside in Basrah, Iraq, on July 22, 2025, offering water to pilgrims en route to Karbala. She performs this humble act of hospitality as part of a long-standing Shiite tradition during religious pilgrimages. The route to Karbala is a sacred journey for millions of Shiite Muslims, and local families like Umm Hussein’s take pride in serving the faithful along the way. Her gesture not only reflects religious devotion but also symbolizes resilience and generosity amid the economic hardship faced by many Iraqi families. Despite the challenges, she continues to honor this ritual of service, teaching her daughter the values of faith, compassion, and community. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

An elderly Iraqi woman known as Hajiya Umm Hussein stands with her young daughter along a roadside in Basrah, Iraq, on July 22, 2025, offering water to pilgrims en route to Karbala. She performs this humble act of hospitality as part of a long-standing Shiite tradition during religious pilgrimages. The route to Karbala is a sacred journey for millions of Shiite Muslims, and local families like Umm Hussein’s take pride in serving the faithful along the way. Her gesture not only reflects religious devotion but also symbolizes resilience and generosity amid the economic hardship faced by many Iraqi families. Despite the challenges, she continues to honor this ritual of service, teaching her daughter the values of faith, compassion, and community. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

An elderly Iraqi woman known as Hajiya Umm Hussein stands with her young daughter along a roadside in Basrah, Iraq, on July 22, 2025, offering water to pilgrims en route to Karbala. She performs this humble act of hospitality as part of a long-standing Shiite tradition during religious pilgrimages. The route to Karbala is a sacred journey for millions of Shiite Muslims, and local families like Umm Hussein’s take pride in serving the faithful along the way. Her gesture not only reflects religious devotion but also symbolizes resilience and generosity amid the economic hardship faced by many Iraqi families. Despite the challenges, she continues to honor this ritual of service, teaching her daughter the values of faith, compassion, and community. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

An elderly Iraqi woman known as Hajiya Umm Hussein stands with her young daughter along a roadside in Basrah, Iraq, on July 22, 2025, offering water to pilgrims en route to Karbala. She performs this humble act of hospitality as part of a long-standing Shiite tradition during religious pilgrimages. The route to Karbala is a sacred journey for millions of Shiite Muslims, and local families like Umm Hussein’s take pride in serving the faithful along the way. Her gesture not only reflects religious devotion but also symbolizes resilience and generosity amid the economic hardship faced by many Iraqi families. Despite the challenges, she continues to honor this ritual of service, teaching her daughter the values of faith, compassion, and community. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilgrims Begin Forty Day Trek to Karbala - Iraq

An elderly Iraqi woman known as Hajiya Umm Hussein stands with her young daughter along a roadside in Basrah, Iraq, on July 22, 2025, offering water to pilgrims en route to Karbala. She performs this humble act of hospitality as part of a long-standing Shiite tradition during religious pilgrimages. The route to Karbala is a sacred journey for millions of Shiite Muslims, and local families like Umm Hussein’s take pride in serving the faithful along the way. Her gesture not only reflects religious devotion but also symbolizes resilience and generosity amid the economic hardship faced by many Iraqi families. Despite the challenges, she continues to honor this ritual of service, teaching her daughter the values of faith, compassion, and community. Photo by Samer Al Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

A Rabha tribal girl in traditional attire, her face smeared with rice flour, pours rice beer as a sacred offering to a priest after his fire-walking ritual during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual ceremony honors their wealth deity while seeking abundant rains and bountiful harvests for the agricultural community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

A Rabha tribal girl in traditional attire, her face smeared with rice flour, pours rice beer as a sacred offering to a priest after his fire-walking ritual during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual ceremony honors their wealth deity while seeking abundant rains and bountiful harvests for the agricultural community. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan PM Ishiba's ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine

TOKYO, Japan, April 21 Kyodo - Video taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2025, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for the Shinto shrine's two-day spring festival. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Ishiba's ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2025, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering (next to lantern) sent by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for the Shinto shrine's two-day spring festival.

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Japan PM Ishiba's ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2025, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering (next to lantern) sent by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for the Shinto shrine's two-day spring festival.

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Japan PM Ishiba's ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on the occasion of the shrine's three-day autumn festival.

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Japan PM Ishiba's ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on the occasion of the shrine's three-day autumn festival.

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Japan PM Kishida's ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the occasion of the Shinto shrine's three-day spring festival.

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Yasukuni shrine

Photo shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2023, the first day of the Shinto shrine's autumn festival.

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Yasukuni shrine

Photo shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2023, the first day of the Shinto shrine's autumn festival.

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-HOLY MONTH-LORD SHIVA-BATHING RITUAL

(230731) -- KATHMANDU, July 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Hindu priest bathes an idol of Lord Shiva with Panchamrit, a traditional offering made of milk, curds, honey, ghee and sugar, at a ritual during the Hindu holy month of Shrawan in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 31, 2023. Hindus consider Shrawan as an auspicious time to pray to Lord Shiva for happiness and prosperity. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-HOLY MONTH-LORD SHIVA-BATHING RITUAL

(230731) -- KATHMANDU, July 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A devotee is bathed with Panchamrit, a traditional offering made of milk, curds, honey, ghee and sugar, at a ritual during the Hindu holy month of Shrawan in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 31, 2023. Hindus consider Shrawan as an auspicious time to pray to Lord Shiva for happiness and prosperity. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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Japan PM Kishida's ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2023, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the occasion of the Shinto shrine's two-day spring festival.

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Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Yasutoshi Nishimura, aide of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2016, the 71st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, to make a ritual offering on behalf of Abe as head of the Liberal Democratic Party, not prime minister.

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S. Korea raps Abe's sending of ritual offering to Yasukuni

SEOUL, South Korea - Noh Kwang Il, spokesman for South Korea's Foreign Ministry, announces a commentary in Seoul on Oct. 17, 2014, criticizing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's sending of a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo for its autumn festival and some Japanese lawmakers paying their homage at the shrine.

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Abe sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2014, shows a "masakaki" tree, a ritual offering, with the nameboard of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who dedicated it to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. The offering suggests that Abe will refrain from visiting the shrine during its autumn festival to leave room for mending ties with China and South Korea.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Hagiuda, the aide to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on behalf of Abe on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Abe sent a ritual offering to the shrine, drawing criticism from China and South Korea.

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Abe refrains from visiting shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2013. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the war-linked shrine the same day for its annual autumn festival, but refrained from visiting amid frayed ties with China and South Korea.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2013. Abe sent a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine the same day, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, but avoided visiting Yasukuni.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2013. Abe sent a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine the same day, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, but avoided visiting Yasukuni.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of Japan's WWII defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Hagiuda, aide to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2013. Abe arranged for the aide to take a monetary offering to the World War II-related Shinto shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war. Abe made the ritual offering as LDP president, not as prime minister, Hagiuda said.

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Japan PM Kishida sends ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Kishida sent the offering (L of the two seen) earlier in the day on the occasion of the Shinto shrine's autumn festival.

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Japan PM Kishida sends ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2022, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Kishida sent the offering (L of the two seen) earlier in the day on the occasion of the Shinto shrine's autumn festival.

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2 Cabinet members visit war-linked Yasukuni shrine, PM sends offering

Two Cabinet ministers visited Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni shrine on Monday, the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II, but Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chose to send a ritual offering to the shrine seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of Japan's past militarism. The visits by hawkish economic security minister Sanae Takaichi and reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba, both handpicked for their posts by Kishida last week, marked the third straight year that Cabinet members have visited the Shinto shrine on Aug. 15.

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Japan PM Kishida's ritual offering to Yasukuni

Photo taken at Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine on April 21, 2022, shows a ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida earlier in the day. The Shinto shrine is seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan's past militarism as it honors convicted war criminals along with more than 2.4 million war dead.

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Japan PM Kishida's ritual offering to Yasukuni

Photo taken at Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine on April 21, 2022, shows a ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida earlier in the day. The Shinto shrine is seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan's past militarism as it honors convicted war criminals along with more than 2.4 million war dead.