And that place is called Yasukuni shrine, a grand Shinto temple located in the middle of Tokyo and not far from the emperor’s official digs. This year was slightly different however as the Japanese ...

when then-leader Shinzo Abe drew condemnation from both Washington and Beijing for doing so. Supporters of Yasukuni see an opening to make the shrine once again an official government memorial ...

The Yasukuni Shrine is where all of the Japanese military ... including then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2013 and members of the Suga Cabinet in 2021. Most recently, in October 2024, Prime ...

Abe’s great uncle ... 2013 – Visits a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, igniting a firestorm of criticism and condemnation among neighboring countries. The Yasukuni Shrine is regarded ...

Cabinet members are canceling their visits to war-related Yasukuni Shrine due to the new coronavirus ... after all at a time when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is calling on the public to stay at ...

Graffiti was discovered on a stone pillar at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 19, marking the second such act of vandalism at the controversial war memorial this year. Shrine staff called police in ...

An official from the Japan Meteorological Agency carefully examined the specimen tree of Somei Yoshino variety at Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine and announced that more than five blossoms — the minimum ...

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 ...

Yasukuni Shrine, founded in 1869 by Emperor Meiji ... Former prime minister Shinzo Abe was the last prime minister to visit the shrine while in office in 2013, a move that drew outrage from ...

Sanae Takaichi, a conservative leader and protégé of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... However, her visits to Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted ...

In a move that promises to further raise geopolitical tensions in the region, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a high-profile visit to the Yasukuni Shrine associated with 14 Class-A war ...

The blooming Somei Yoshino cherry tree at the specimen tree at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Monday March 24, 2025. (Kyodo Photo via AP) Advertisement ...