Japan PM sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine, refrains from visit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent an offering to a war shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's imperialistic past Saturday to mark the country's 1945 surrender in World War II. Takaichi sent the offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine in her capacity as president of the Liberal Democratic Party without visiting the shrine in person. Before taking office, Takaichi had visited the shrine on Aug. 15 every year, but she is believed to have refrained from doing so as prime minister in consideration