Medical workers and others have gathered at a shrine in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, for a centuries-old festival to pray ...

File. Yasukuni shrine on 15 August 2023, 78th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II in 1945 (AFP via Getty Images) Mr Kishida and some cabinet members sent ritual offerings to the ...

At dawn a soberminded flock of Christians,Buddhists and Shintoists gathered among the ruins at Hiroshima’sJisenji Temple for silent prayer and meditation. But thousands ...

China expressed strong opposition on Monday to a ritual offering made by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a ...

It all started with an innocuous avocado plushie keychain that someone had dropped on campus at the National University of ...

South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show repentance for the country's ...

The Shinto shrine honors the war dead, including Class-A World War II criminals, and is regarded as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by China, South Korea and others. "I expressed my gratitude ...

TOKYO, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, despite strong opposition both at home and abroad, on Tuesday visited the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of the ...

China Opposes Japan Prime Minister's Offering at Yasukuni Shrine BEIJING (Reuters) - China expressed strong opposition on Monday to a ritual offering made by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show ...