日本首相高市早苗向靖国神社供奉祭品 未亲自参拜 秋季例行大祭开启
日本首相高市早苗10月17日向位于东京的靖国神社供奉祭品，为该神社为期三天的秋季例行大祭揭开序幕。据共同社与日本放送协会报道，高市早苗以「内阁总理大臣」的名义供奉了名为「真榊」的祭品。据一名亲近首相的人士透露，她预计不会在截至19日的祭期内亲自前往参拜。
靖国神社供奉约246.6万名死者，其中包括东京审判中被定罪的甲级战犯。高市早苗就任自民党总裁前，曾在春秋例行大祭与8月15日例行参拜神社；出任首相后，她在去年秋季大祭与今年春季大祭均未参拜，今年8月15日以自民党总裁身份自费供奉了玉串料，并以遥拜形式致意。
日本气象厅同日在东京举行的记者会上另行说明，周五发出的强震度预警系系统防护失效所致，该预警一度预测从北海道到东海地区广泛区域震度达最高等级7，发出八分钟后被取消，并造成大范围交通混乱。（GSM 据共同社报道）
Takaichi Sends Offering to Yasukuni Shrine, Skips Visit as Autumn Festival Opens
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on October 17, the first day of the shrine's three-day autumn festival, Kyodo News and NHK reported. The offering, a masakaki presented in the name of the prime minister, was not accompanied by a personal visit, and a source close to Takaichi said she was unlikely to visit during the festival, which runs through October 19.
Yasukuni honors about 2.466 million war dead, including Class-A war criminals convicted by the Tokyo tribunal, which is why offerings and visits by Japanese leaders routinely draw attention in neighboring countries. Before becoming Liberal Democratic Party leader, Takaichi regularly visited the shrine at its spring and autumn festivals and on August 15; since becoming prime minister she has not visited, instead sending offerings and bowing from a distance.
Separately on Saturday, Japan's weather agency explained that a strong seismic-intensity warning issued on Friday, which predicted the maximum intensity of 7 across a wide area from Hokkaido to the Tokai region, resulted from a failure of a system safeguard; the warning was canceled eight minutes after issuance after causing widespread transport disruption. (GSM, based on Kyodo News reporting)
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图片来源：东京靖国神社中门鸟居。 Photo by Kakidai, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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