Ishiba not to visit Yasukuni Shrine during spring festival

Ishiba not to visit Yasukuni Shrine during spring festival

No sitting prime minister has paid a visit to the shrine since December 2013, when Shinzo Abe did so.

Ishiba decides not to visit Yasukuni Shrine for spring rite

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided not to visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, a site that has long been a source of diplomatic friction with Japan's neighbors, during its spring festival next week, sources familiar with the plan said Thursday. Ishiba will instead offer a masakaki ritual offering to the…

Japan PM to forgo visit to war-linked Yasukuni shrine for spring rite

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided not to visit the war-linked Yasukuni shrine, a site that has long been a source of diplomatic friction with Japan's neighbors, during its spring festival next week, sources familiar with the plan said Thursday. Ishiba will instead offer a "masakaki" ritual offering to the shrine, the sources said, as he did during its autumn festival when he and his entire Cabinet refrained from visiting. Read full story…

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