Mr Abe posted a picture of himself at the Yasukuni Shrine, telling his followers he had gone there to inform the spirits of his resignation. He largely stayed away from the shrine, which honours ...

This week, the police also launched an investigation after finding a symbol meaning "death" in two places on a stone wall of the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo. In June and August, the pillars of the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent an offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, his office said on Thursday, drawing criticism from South Korea and China which view the shrine as a symbol of Japan's ...

Members of a right-wing group bow their heads to honour the war dead at the shrine The chief priest at Japan's controversial Yasukuni Shrine is to resign after making remarks highly critical of ...

On Monday, police said they were investigating after the kanji character for “death” was graffitied on two spots of a stone wall at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine honouring Japan’s war dead.

A major Japanese news agency has apologized and corrected a report that alleged a lawmaker had visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine. The shrine honors Japan's war dead. Those remembered include leaders ...

had visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine. The report "caused confusion and is extremely regrettable," the top government spokesperson said at a news conference on Tuesday. Hayashi made the comment ...

A Chinese national living in Japan on Friday admitted to his involvement in a graffiti incident at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in May. Jiang Zhuojun, 29, pleaded guilty at the Tokyo District Court to ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An erroneous report by Japan's Kyodo News claiming that House of Councillors lawmaker Akiko Ikuina visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo was "extremely ...

A 29-year-old Chinese national pleaded guilty on Friday to involvement in the May vandalizing of Yasukuni Shrine, which, among others, honors World War II criminals. During a first hearing at the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kyodo News mistakenly reported in Japanese that House of Councillors member Akiko Ikuina visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2022, when she did not in fact ...

As reported on Epoch Times, the singer, who was banned in August 2021 due to leaked photos of him near Japan's Yasukuni Shrine, the same place that commemorates those who died in service of Japan ...