Japanese police have arrested a 65-year-old American tourist for allegedly defacing a Tokyo shrine. The man, identified as ...

Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for “death” was found graffitied on two ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for "death" was found ...

[Photo/Agencies] TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of the country's past brutal militarism, on the occasion ...

An aggressive China and Russia’s war on Ukraine brought South Korea and Japan closer — with lots of American help. Keeping them together to deter Beijing will be one of the most important foreign ...

OSAKA: West Japan Railway has developed a stab-resistant umbrella that will be used to protect passengers and crew members from knife-wielding assailants on trains. The rail company, also known as ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a "masakaki" tree offering to the Yasukuni Shrine on October 17, 2024, during its autumn festival. The shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead ...

No Cabinet ministers visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its three-day autumn festival that ended on Saturday. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba only made a ritual masakaki tree ...

The announcement was based on cherry blossoms at Yasukuni Shrine in the capital’s Chiyoda Ward. At 2 p.m., officials of the regional headquarters counted the five to six flowers that had ...

Seoul expressed “deep disappointment that responsible leaders in Japan have once again offered tribute to the Yasukuni Shrine”. No Japanese premier has visited Yasukuni Shrine since 2013 and ...

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 ...

The Yasukuni Shrine is a spiritual tool and symbol of Japanese militarists responsible for the war of aggression. The place honors 14 convicted Class-A war criminals with grave responsibilities ...