{
  "id": 15380289,
  "title": "China slams Japan’s Takaichi over Yasukuni ritual offering, warns of ‘remilitarisation’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/china-slams-japans-takaichi-over-yasukuni-ritual-offering-warns-of-15380289",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T07:58:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3371294/china-slams-japans-takaichi-over-yasukuni-ritual-offering-warns-remilitarisation"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "China has condemned Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for sending a ritual offering to Tokyo’s war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, a move that threatens to further strain ties between the neighbours. At the start of Yasukuni’s three-day autumn festival on Saturday, Takaichi sent a ritual tree-stand offering to the shrine in her capacity as prime minister, although she did not visit in person. Minoru…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "China slams Japan’s Takaichi over Yasukuni ritual offering, warns of ‘remilitarisation’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/china-slams-japans-takaichi-over-yasukuni-ritual-offering-warns-of",
        "published": "2026-10-18T07:58:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}