Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi skipped Yasukuni Shrine on the 81st anniversary of Japan’s WWII surrender, apparently to avoid further tensions with China and South Korea, though other senior officials vis

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Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi skipped Yasukuni Shrine on the 81st anniversary of Japan’s WWII surrender, apparently to avoid further tensions with China and South Korea, though other senior officials visited. Takaichi also avoided expressing remorse for Japan’s wartime aggression in her speech. China condemned the visits as an attempt to “cover up Japan’s war crimes” and promote militarization, while South Korea called them “an anachronistic act that disregards history. Source: POLITICO