By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida donated religious offerings on Monday to a Tokyo shrine viewed by Chinese and Koreans as a symbol of Japanese wartime militarism, though he did not visit it in person.
Kishida donated Shinto “masakaki” ornaments for Yasukuni Shrine’s biennial festival, as he has done since becoming prime minister last year.
Victims of Japanese aggression during the first half of the 20th century, especially Chinese and Koreans, see the shrine as a symbol of Japanese militarism because it honors convicted war criminals among about 2.5 million war dead.
Critics also consider visits by Japanese Cabinet ministers and other officials to the shrine as a sign of a lack of remorse over the country’s wartime atrocities.
Also on Monday, Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, known for her arch-conservative and hawkish views, visited the shrine in person. A former Cabinet minister, Seiichi Eto, also visited. Economy and Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura paid a visit last Friday.
“I offered my appreciation to the spirits of those who sacrificed their lives for the national policy,” said Takaichi, a regular visitor to the shrine during its biennial festivals and on the Aug. 15 anniversary of Japan’s World War II defeat.
After China and the Koreas reacted with outrage to a visit to Yasukuni by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2013, Japanese leaders have avoided visiting the shrine while in office.
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