A blue sheet covers a stone pillar on which graffiti was found at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Seventy-five years after Japan's defeat in World War Two, Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead is a potent symbol of the controversy that persists over the conflict's legacy in East ...

(Reuters) - China voiced anger on Thursday with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso for sending an offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine for war dead, seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan's ...

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Workers prepare to remove a graffiti on Yasukuni Shrine's stone pillar, covered under a blue sheet in Tokyo on June 1, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police are searching for the ...

Junichiro Koizumi was dressed to the nines for his last visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, because if you’re going to be the center of international controversy, you might as well look good. Wearing a ...

TOKYO, March 15 (Reuters) - Japan's Yasukuni Shrine has picked a former military commander as its chief priest in a move that could stir controversy over a site that other Asian nations see as a ...

On a crisp morning each April, the solemn stillness of Yasukuni Shrine is interrupted by the rhythmic stomp of sumo wrestlers and the murmur of picnickers staking out a view of the action. The ...

SEOUL, April 22 (UPI) --South Korea on Tuesday voiced "deep disappointment and regret" after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent an offering to a shrine seen by many as an unapologetic symbol ...

TOKYO — Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalized again overnight Monday. “It is deplorable that an act seeking to ...

TOKYO, March 15 (Reuters) - Japan's Yasukuni Shrine has picked a former military commander as its chief priest, a person familiar with the decision said, potentially stirring controversy over a site ...