China on Wednesday (April 22, 2026) condemned the Japanese Prime Minister’s offerings to the Yasukuni shrine and visits by other Japanese officials to the war shrine. China on Wednesday (April 22) condemned the Japanese Prime Minister’s offerings to the Yasukuni shrine and visits by other Japanese officials to the war 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.

