An image of former Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi bowing his head at the Yasukuni shrine to Japan's war dead has ...

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Some candidates in Japan's upcoming ruling party leadership election have suggested they would visit the war-linked Yasukuni ...

The Ukrainian embassy in Japan released a message on its X handle saying the ambassador visited the shrine to "pay homage to ...

The Yasukuni Shrine, located in Tokyo, is one of Japan's most contentious and politically charged sites. It’s a place that commemorates Japan’s war dead, including several war criminals from World War ...

A male under 20 who left for China earlier this week has emerged as the suspect in a graffiti incident at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, investigative sources said Friday. The suspect was ...

A Chinese man believed to have been involved in a graffiti incident at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo earlier this year has been detained by Chinese authorities, local media reported Tuesday.

Japan marked the anniversary on Thursday of its defeat in World War Two with visits by at least three cabinet ministers to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine that other Asian nations see as a ...

Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalised again overnight Monday. AP TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine ...

Lin Jian, a spokesperson for the ministry urged Japan to stay prudent on historical issues such as the issue of the Yasukuni Shrine and make a clean break with militarism. According to the Kyodo ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Thursday, as the country marked the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

Ukraine's ambassador to Japan has been criticised on social media in China for visiting the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in what some commenters called an insult to the Chinese people.