{"id":"20abecf7-1307-4654-ae96-8f5e4f6a9fba","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3371219/japans-takaichi-sends-offering-controversial-yasukuni-war-shrine","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"Alibaba Group"},"title":"Japan’s Takaichi sends offering to controversial Yasukuni war shrine","plainHeadline":"Japan's Takaichi sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine during autumn festival.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.","The offering marks the start of the shrine's three-day autumn festival.","Takaichi is considered conservative and has historically visited the shrine.","She has not visited since becoming prime minister on Oct 21 last year.","Yasukuni honors Class-A war criminals and war dead, straining regional relations."],"topics":["Politics","Environment"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-17T00:33:20.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-17T00:37:18.280Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/6e6a48b9-155f-4621-8fa2-4e50f274a1e3","storyId":"6e6a48b9-155f-4621-8fa2-4e50f274a1e3","image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/10/17/b241cbd1-2a25-460a-a855-7818a82452ae_ce7e2088.jpg?itok=CJqyDx3s&v=1792197190","author":"Kyodo","dek":"Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, regarded by Japan’s neighbours as a symbol of the country’s past militarism, at the start of its three-day autumn festival."}