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 ...

(Philip FONG/AFP/AFP) The new head of Japan's ruling party, Sanae Takaichi, sent an offering but avoided visiting a controversial war shrine on Friday, as the prospects of her becoming prime minister ...

80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two, in Tokyo TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War Two defeat on Friday, with at least one cabinet minister joining ...

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 ...

A Japanese minister on Thursday visited the Yasukuni war shrine at the centre of long-running tensions with regional neighbours -- the first cabinet-level official visit in over two years. Seiichi Eto ...

January is one of the most atmospheric months to travel in Japan, when winter landscapes frame centuries-old rituals, New Year traditions, and community festivals across the country. As shrine visits, ...

ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...