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China slams Japan’s Takaichi over Yasukuni ritual offering, warns of ‘remilitarisation’
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China has condemned Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for sending a ritual offering to Tokyo’s war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, a move that threatens to further strain ties between the neighbours. At the start of Yasukuni’s three-day autumn festival on Saturday, Takaichi sent a ritual tree-stand off
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China slams Japan’s Takaichi over Yasukuni ritual offering, warns of ‘remilitarisation’
South China Morning Post
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