Takaichi Sent an Offering Instead of Visiting Yasukuni: The Forty-Year-Old Framework Behind the Choice, and Japanese Reactions

Japanese reactions to PM Takaichi’s decision to skip the Yasukuni visit on August 15, 2026, and the 40-year-old framework behind it: the 1986 Gotoda statement, the one official visit in 1985, and how the office reshapes what a visit can be.