Asian neighbors protest as Japan PM sends offering to war dead shrine

By Chehui Peh and Teppei KasaiTOKYO (Reuters) - China and South Korea called on Japan to face up to its wartime past after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an offering to a shrine to war dead on Tuesday, the anniversary of Japan's World War Two surrender.Masahiko Shibayama, a lawmaker who made the offering on Abe's behalf, said he did so to express condolences for those who died in the war and to pray for peace.Past visits by Japanese leaders to Yasukuni have outraged Beijing and Seoul because it