Japan's PM Shinzo Abe sends ritual offering to shrine that honors war criminals

日의원들, 또 야스쿠니 집단 참배…아베는 공물보내
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo on Friday while dozens of lawmakers paid their respects in-person at the start of a spring festival in the country.
The Yasukuni Shrine is highly controversial in Asia as it honors 14 Class-A criminals along with Japan's other war dead.
Ever since Abe's in-person visit to the shrine in December 2013, the prime minister has stayed away,… instead sending a ritual offering.
Japan's Kyodo News Agency reports that Abe's move is seen to avoid tensions with South Korea and China amid North Korea's escalating nuclear and missile threats.
Visits by Japanese leaders and lawmakers anger Korea and China since they were among the countries that suffered the most under Tokyo's past militarism

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