Japan's defence minister visits Yasukuni shrine after Pearl Harbor trip
Japan`s defence minister visited a controversial shrine to Japan`s war dead on Thursday, just after accompanying Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a historic visit to Pearl Harbor, where Japan`s attack brought the United States into World War Two.
Dec 29, 2016, 06:47 AM ISTJapan PM Shinzo Abe's aide visits controversial Yasukuni Shrine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aide, who also serves as an upper house member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine here on Wednesday.
Oct 19, 2016, 12:18 PM ISTShinzo Abe's aide visits controversial Yasukuni Shrine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s aide, who also serves as an upper house member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine here on Wednesday.
Oct 19, 2016, 11:08 AM ISTSouth Korean gets 4 years for Tokyo shrine blast
A South Korean man was sentenced to four years in prison today for detonating a homemade pipe bomb at a controversial Tokyo war shrine.
Jul 19, 2016, 11:35 AM ISTSecond Japan Cabinet minister visits Tokyo war shrine
Japan`s justice minister visited a Tokyo war shrine Saturday morning to become the second member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s Cabinet attending its latest ritual, which has already angered China and South Korea.
Apr 23, 2016, 07:47 AM ISTJapanese lawmakers, Cabinet minister visit Tokyo war shrine
Internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi visited the shrine, though separately from the other lawmakers, according to footage shown on public broadcaster NHK.
Apr 22, 2016, 10:51 AM ISTJapan lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine en masse
Scores of Japanese lawmakers visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine today in a move that could anger China and South Korea, which see it as a symbol of Tokyo's militarist past.
Oct 20, 2015, 09:25 AM IST