TOKYO (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 the shrine as ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada has visited a Tokyo shrine that honors convicted war criminals among the nation's war dead. Inada said she made the visit Thursday to Yasukuni ...

Visitors dressed up line up to offer prayers at the Yasukuni Shrine on the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte) TOKYO (AP) ...

SEOUL, April 22 (UPI) --South Korea on Tuesday voiced "deep disappointment and regret" after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent an offering to a shrine seen by many as an unapologetic symbol ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Dozens of Japanese members of parliament visited the Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Tuesday to mark an autumn festival at the shrine, seen in China and the two Koreas as a symbol of ...

Shinzo Abe, the new Japanese prime minister, already faces an important symbolic test: Will he visit a controversial shrine that honors the nation's war dead — including war criminals blamed for ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to step up his country’s effort to defend a rules-based international order in a peace pledge made Thursday on the 79th anniversary of Japan’s ...

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to step up his country’s effort to defend a rules-based international order in a peace pledge made Thursday on the 79th anniversary of Japan's ...