China opposes Japan prime minister’s offering at Yasukuni shrine

China expressed strong opposition on Monday to a ritual offering made by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a controversial shrine in Tokyo that China and South Korea view as a symbol of Japan’s former military aggression.
Kishida made a bonsai offering at the Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday, Japanese media said, showing live footage of a wooden plaque with the words “Prime Minister Fumio Kishida” attached to the offering, and other cabinet members also made offerings.
“The Yasukuni shrine is dedicated to 14 Class-A war criminals who were seriously responsible for the aggressive war,” foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said in reply to a query at a regular press briefing.