China condemns Japanese leaders’ war shrine offerings, visits

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A wooden plaque showing the name of Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is placed near a Masakaki tree that Takaichi sent as a ritual offering for the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine, seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism, during the shrine’s biannual festival held in the spring and autumn, in Tokyo, on April 21, 2026.
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China on Wednesday (April 22, 2026) condemned the Japanese ‌Prime Minister’s offerings to the Yasukuni ⁠shrine and visits by other Japanese ‌officials to the war shrine. China on Wednesday (April 22) condemned the Japanese ‌Prime Minister’s offerings to the Yasukuni ⁠shrine and visits by other Japanese ‌officials to the war shrine.

Japan’s “negative ‌actions” concerning ‌the ⁠shrine “grossly trample on ⁠human conscience”, and China is “very indignant at these heinous ‌acts and strongly condemns them”, a spokesperson for Beijing’s ‌Foreign Ministry said at a regular press briefing.

Published – April 22, 2026 01:38 pm IST

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China condemns Japanese leaders’ war shrine offerings, visits