POLITICS● ELEVATEDAug 15 · Aug 15, 2026, 1:17 AM
Japan’s Takaichi sends offering to Yasukuni on WWII anniversary, Koizumi visits shrine
South China Morning Post
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, while the country’s defence chief Shinjiro Koizumi visited the site as Japan marks the 81st anniversary of the end of the second world war. Sources have said Takaichi, a conservative, is likely to refrain from visiting the war-linked shrine on the war anniversary. The shrine honours Japanese leaders convicted as war criminals. Visits by Japanese prime ministers and lawmakers...
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