When exploring Kyoto, head to an iconic neighborhood in the heart of the city, boasting iconic art museums and a Shinto ...

TOKYO—Eight decades ago, when Japan’s kamikaze pilots ... Supporters of Yasukuni see an opening to make the shrine once again an official government memorial honoring war dead.

SEOUL (Reuters) -After boycotting a memorial event organised ... followed a Kyodo report that Japan would send an official who the news agency said had visited a shrine that neighbouring countries ...

Yasukuni Shrine - the name means 'peaceful country' - was founded in 1869 on the orders of Emperor Meiji. It is dedicated to the souls of about 2.5 million Japanese men, women and children who died in ...

The Yasukuni Shrine, located in Tokyo, is one of Japan's most contentious and politically charged sites. It’s a place that commemorates Japan’s war dead, including several war criminals from World War ...

TOKYO—Eight decades ago, when Japan’s kamikaze pilots were crashing ... their souls would be enshrined at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine. The shrine was the symbol of the religious-military state ...