Nearly eight decades after Japan’s defeat in World War Two, Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine remains a potent symbol of its wartime legacy in East Asia and a flashpoint for regional tension. Here is ...

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 ...

"The Yasukuni shrine is dedicated to 14 Class-A war criminals who were seriously responsible for ... The current overall ...

South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep ...

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 ...

Those remembered include leaders convicted of war crimes after World War Two. The group visits Yasukuni Shrine every year during its spring and fall festivals and on August 15, the day Japan ...

The Yasukuni Shrine, located in central Tokyo, honors 14 convicted Class-A Japanese war criminals from World War II. It has long been a source of diplomatic friction for Japan and its neighbors.

Yasukuni has often been at the center of diplomatic friction with China and South Korea, as Japan's wartime leaders, convicted as war criminals by a post-World War II international tribunal ...

The Korean Foreign Ministry protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s sending of a ritual offering to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Sunday. “The Korean government expresses deep ...

I guess worshipping war criminals is all you can do when you have nothing to be proud of. Sad. I agree. I hope to see Japanese politicians the not often mentioned business leaders continue their ...

"The Yasukuni shrine is dedicated to 14 Class-A war criminals who were seriously responsible for the aggressive war," foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said in reply to a query at a ...

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 ...