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

Photo taken at Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine on Oct. 17, 2021, shows a ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida earlier in the day. Kishida offered the "masakaki" tree offering during a biannual festival held in the spring and autumn at the Shinto shrine, 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's new PM sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine on Oct. 17, 2021, shows a ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida earlier in the day. Kishida offered the "masakaki" tree offering during a biannual festival held in the spring and autumn at the Shinto shrine, 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's new PM sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine on Oct. 17, 2021, shows a ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida earlier in the day. Kishida offered the "masakaki" tree offering during a biannual festival held in the spring and autumn at the Shinto shrine, 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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Special adviser to PM Abe visits Yasukuni

Seiichi Eto, special adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2016, the first day of its spring festival. While approving a "masakaki" tree ritual offering, Abe did not deliver it in person, in an apparent effort to avoid friction with China and South Korea, which, among other Asian nations, see the shrine as a symbol of Japan's past militarism as it honors convicted war criminals along with millions of war dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe makes offering to Yasukuni Shrine

Photo shows a "masakaki" tree ritual offering (L) made by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2016, at the start of its spring festival. China and South Korea, among other Asian nations, see the shrine as a symbol of Japan's past militarism as it honors convicted war criminals along with millions of war dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe makes offering to Yasukuni Shrine

Photo shows a "masakaki" tree ritual offering (L) made by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2016, at the start of its spring festival. China and South Korea, among other Asian nations, see the shrine as a symbol of Japan's past militarism as it honors convicted war criminals along with millions of war dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

"Masakaki" tree offerings made by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are shown at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2015, the first day of a four-day annual autumn festival at the shrine, which has been a source of diplomatic friction between Japan and several of its Asian neighbors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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Abe sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

Photo shows a ritual offering dedicated by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on April 21, 2015 to Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, which has been a source of diplomatic friction between Japan and several of its Asian neighbors. The "masakaki" tree offering was made under his name. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suga sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2021, shows a ritual offering Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sent to the shrine earlier in the day. Suga made the "masakaki" tree offering during a spring festival of the Shinto shrine, 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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Suga sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2021, shows a ritual offering Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sent to the shrine earlier in the day. Suga made the "masakaki" tree offering during a spring festival of the Shinto shrine, 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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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. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Suga sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Photo taken at Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine on Oct. 17, 2020, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering (L) Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sent to the war-linked shrine as its autumn festival begins. Honoring convicted war criminals along with more than 2.4 million war dead, the Shinto shrine is seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.

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Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni

Photo taken Oct. 17, 2017, shows the "masakaki" offerings Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and health minister Katsunobu Kato sent to controversial war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo for its autumn festival. The shrine is regarded as a symbol of Japan's 20th century militarism in neighboring countries, such as China and South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni

Photo taken Oct. 17, 2017, shows the "masakaki" offering Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent to the controversial war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo for its autumn festival. The shrine is regarded as a symbol of Japan's 20th century militarism in neighboring countries, such as China and South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni

Photo taken Oct. 17, 2017, shows the "masakaki" offering Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent to the controversial war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo for its autumn festival. The shrine is regarded as a symbol of Japan's 20th century militarism in neighboring countries, such as China and South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, visit unlikely

A "masakaki" tree ritual offering (top L) sent by and bearing the title and name of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is displayed at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on April 21, 2017, at the start of its annual spring festival. The shrine is a symbol of Japan's 20th century militarism in neighboring countries such as China and South Korea, which suffered from Japanese wartime brutality. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

The "masakaki" tree offerings sent by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chuichi Date, president of the House of Councillors, are placed at Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, a source of diplomatic friction between Japan and some of its Asian neighbors, on Oct. 17, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2016. Abe sent a ritual offering the same day to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, a source of diplomatic friction between Japan and some of its Asian neighbors, making the "masakaki" tree offering under the name of the prime minister. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo