Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba didn't visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, the start of the shrine's autumn festival, but he made a ritual offering of "masakaki" evergreen twigs.

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 ...

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TOKYO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Japanese 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 ...

No Japanese premier has visited Yasukuni Shrine since 2013 and Ishiba's predecessor Fumio Kishida would also regularly send offerings for its biannual spring and autumn festivals. Yasukuni in ...

No Japanese premier has visited the Yasukuni shrine since 2013 and Ishiba’s predecessor Fumio Kishida would also regularly send offerings for its biannual spring and autumn festivals.

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

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a ritual masakaki tree offering to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Thursday, the start of its three-day fall festival. He is unlikely to visit the Shinto shrine ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday sent a ritual offering to a shrine honouring the country's war dead that has long angered neighbouring countries, a spokesman for the site said.

No Japanese premier has visited Yasukuni Shrine since 2013 and Ishiba’s predecessor Fumio Kishida would also regularly send offerings for its biannual spring and autumn festivals. Yasukuni in ...