And that place is called Yasukuni shrine, a grand Shinto temple located in the middle of Tokyo and not far from the emperor’s official digs. This year was slightly different however as the Japanese ...

Abandon the pretence walk/visit the Yasukuni Shrine through the front door. Why tip toe on cornflakes. Diplomatically, regionally it going to ruffle feathers. Maybe politically feathers need a ruffle ...

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

People wearing Japanese imperial military uniforms and displaying the Kyokujitsuki, or "Rising Sun flag," at Yasukuni Shrine on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender at the end ...

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 ...

A non-partisan group of Japanese lawmakers has visited Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo for its annual spring festival. The shrine honors Japan's war dead. Those remembered include leaders convicted of ...

Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, front, visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 23, 2024. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on ...

BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- China firmly rejects Japan's negative actions related to the Yasukuni Shrine and has lodged serious demarches with Japan, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said ...

The country has 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 ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday sent a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, viewed by some of Japan's Asian neighbors as a symbol of the country's past militarism, on the occasion ...