SEOUL — South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with"deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show repentance for the country's wartime past.A wooden plaque showing the name of Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is seen with a "masakaki" tree that he sent as an offering to the Yasukuni Shrine on the spring festival in Tokyo on April 21, 2024.
The shrine is seen by Beijing and Seoul as a symbol of Japan's past military aggression because it includes 14 Japanese wartime leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal among the 2.5 million war dead honoured there.Mr Kishida and some cabinet members sent ritual offerings to the shrine on Sunday, Yonhap news agency reported, citing Japanese media.
South Korea urges Japanese leaders to"face history squarely and demonstrate humble reflection and sincere repentance" which would be an important foundation for improved ties between the two countries, it said in a statement.Japanese foreign ministry officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
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