Meanwhile, the Japanese prime minister sent tribute Thursday to the controversial Yasukuni war shrine.<br />Since 2013, Abe has been sending offerings there instead of going in person.<br />But the site was visited today by a member of Abe's Cabinet, Eto Seiichi, and another group of politicians are scheduled to go on Friday.<br />South Korea's foreign ministry expressed deep regret over those gestures, saying they are an attempt to justify Tokyo's wartime atrocities.<br />The Yasukuni shrine commemorates Japan's war dead, including those convicted of war crimes against South Koreans and others<br />
