Japan’s Takaichi sends Yasukuni shrine offering, South Korea expresses ‘regret’
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a ritual offering on Tuesday to a shrine honouring the country’s war dead that has long angered neighbouring countries but did not visit in person, media reports and an unidentified source close to the matter said.
The Yasukuni shrine in central Tokyo is dedicated to 2.5 million war dead, mostly Japanese, who perished in conflicts since the late 19th century.
That number includes senior military and political figures convicted by an international...
Japan lifts lethal arms export ban
- Japan approves removing ban on lethal weapons exports NPR —
- Japan overhauls weapons export rules, opening up sale of lethal arms overseas Le Monde —
- Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy MS Now —
- Japan scraps ban on lethal weapons exports in major shift of pacifist policy CNBC —
- Japan scraps arms export limits, opens to global market Reuters —