CHINA-JAPAN: JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KISHIDA'S RITUAL OFFERING AT YASUKUNI SHRINE PROVOKES CHINESE REACTION
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The Global Times (October 17) said the new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a "bad
start" by sending a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, where the war criminals are
enshrined, on October 17, only two weeks after he took office. It said by following in the footsteps
of his predecessors Shinzo Abe and Yoshihide Suga, he had demonstrated again the rise of rightwing conservative forces in Tokyo. Chinese observers warned that the foundation of China-Japan
ties is being eroded through a series of provocative moves.
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