Hayashi Asana offers a religious offering to the Yasukuni Shrine
According to a report by Kyodo News on the 17th, a source said that LDP President Hayashi Asana personally paid the religious offering for the "autumn regular grand festival" at the Yasukuni Shrine on that day.
According to previous public reports, Hayashi Asana has visited the Yasukuni Shrine multiple times during the spring and autumn regular festivals, as well as during the so-called "end of war day" since at least 2007. Including visiting the Yasukuni Shrine together with former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2007, Hayashi Asana has visited the Yasukuni Shrine in various capacities, including as a current member of the Japanese cabinet, in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2024, and 2025.
However, after running for and being elected as the new president of the Japanese LDP, Hayashi Asana publicly stated that she would "postpone" visiting the Yasukuni Shrine because such issues may provoke opposition from China and South Korea, and further develop into diplomatic problems.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846203816879177/
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