Graffiti was discovered on a stone pillar at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 19 ... In May, the same pillar was graffitied with the word "Toilet" in English in red spray paint.

A Chinese national living in Japan was arrested over his suspected involvement in spray-painting the word “Toilet” in English on a stone pillar near the entrance to war-related Yasukuni ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent an offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, his office said on Thursday, drawing ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday sent a ritual offering to a shrine honouring the country's war dead ...

The incident at the Yasukuni shrine - which honours the country's war dead, including some convicted of war crimes - sparked outrage in Japan. One Tokyo businessman even offered a cash reward in ...

Yet, Ukraine's ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky paid a pilgrimage to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, a symbol of Japan's militaristic and colonial past. The Ukrainian embassy in ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will not visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, seen by its neighbors as a symbol of the country's past militarism, during the fall festival next week, a source ...

(AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will not visit the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, seen by its neighbors as a symbol of the country's past ...