The plaintiffs demanded that Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine be excluded from their mourning process and that the names of Koreans be removed from its Symbolic Registry of Divinities.

Nearly eight decades after Japan’s defeat in World War Two, Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine remains a potent symbol of its wartime legacy in East Asia and a flashpoint for regional tension. Here is ...

In June and August, the pillars of the Yasukuni shrine gate were covered with the ... Since then, it has been one of the constant attractions for tourists arriving in Tokyo. Visitors can ...

Defense Minister Minoru Kihara visited war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15 in a move that provoked a backlash from South Korea. South Korea and China view the shrine as a symbol of ...

Because that is what the Yasukuni supporters stand for. It’s too soft. The man urinated on a national shrine. Regardless of its controversy, it’s the national shrine/ monument. 8 years is more like it ...

The Supreme Court is pictured in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. (Mainichi/Kazuo Motohashi) TOKYO -- The Supreme Court on Jan. 17 dismissed a bereaved family's lawsuit demanding compensation in connection ...

A verdict by Japan’s top court in a case involving a group of South Koreans who sought to have their relatives’ names removed from the highly controversial Yasukuni shrine has reopened wounds ...

A Tokyo court has sentenced a Chinese national living in Japan to eight months in prison over his involvement in a May graffiti incident at Yasukuni Shrine. Jiang Zhuojun, 29, was on trial at the ...