China condemns Japanese leaders’ war shrine offerings, visits

BEIJING–China on Wednesday condemned the Japanese ‌prime minister’s ⁠offerings to ⁠the Yasukuni Shrine and ⁠visits by other Japanese officials to ‌the war-related ⁠shrine.

Japan’s “negative actions” ​concerning the shrine “grossly trample on human conscience,” and China is “very indignant at these heinous acts and strongly condemns ⁠them,” ​a ​spokesperson for ‌Beijing’s foreign ministry ‌said at a regular press briefing.

The ​Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s ⁠war dead…