Controversial symbol of the nation's unresolved war legacy is often portrayed as a source of deep offense to its neighbors ...

Online commenters say the timing of the ambassador’s trip to the controversial shrine ‘added salt to the injury’.

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war ...

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

Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japan’s war dead, including convicted Second World War war criminals, has been ...

Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalised again overnight on Monday. “It is deplorable that an act seeking to ...

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 ...

Defense Minister Minoru Kihara visited war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15 in a move that provoked a backlash from South Korea. South Korea and China view the shrine as a symbol of ...

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.

TOKYO — Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalized again overnight Monday. “It is deplorable that an act seeking ...