Japan PM Abe sends offering to war shrine
(WorldNews South Korea)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen with a `masakaki` tree that he sent as an offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct 17. TOKYO: Japan`s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday sent a ritual offering to a controversial war shrine which China and South Korea see as a symbol of Tokyo`s past aggression. The conservative premier - who has been criticised for what some see as a revisionist attitude to Japan`s wartime record - sent a sacred `masakaki` tree bearing his name to the Yasukuni Shrine as it starts a four-day festival. ......