Japan Times: “Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sent a ritual offering Saturday to Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, a controversial war-linked shrine that Asian neighbors view as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism.”

US News: “Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has sent an offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead to coincide with its autumn festival, public broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday.”

Global Times: “Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on Saturday sent an offering of a potted plant to the Yasukuni Shrine to mark a two-day autumn festival, following the same practice of his predecessor in honoring Japan’s war dead, including those convicted of World War II war crimes.”

Kyodo News: “Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sent a ritual offering Saturday to Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism, but he is not expected to visit amid improving relations with China.”

Xinhua: “Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sent a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Saturday.”