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Japanese shrine that honors war dead, including convicted war criminals, is vandalized again

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 ...
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Japan police search for suspects in spray-painting of graffiti at controversial war shrine

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 ...
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What is the controversy surrounding Japan's Yasukuni shrine?

Amid calls that Self-Defense Force members be honored at Tokyo's Yasukuni Jinja shrine if they die in war, some have questioned the legitimacy of such a move in light of the Japanese Constitution, ...
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Japanese shrine that honors war dead, including convicted war criminals, is vandalized again

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, has again been vandalized. The Shinto shrine called the act deplorable. Japanese ...
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Japanese shrine that honors war dead, including convicted war criminals, is vandalized again

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 ...