Japan's top court rejects lawsuit over enshrinement of Korean man at Yasukuni Shrine
The Supreme Court on Jan. 17 dismissed a bereaved family's lawsuit demanding compensation in connection with a South Korean national's enshri･･･ ...
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Chinese man gets 8-month sentence in Yasukuni Shrine graffiti case
It really only became controversial after the A-class war criminals were secretly ... his sentencing will deter others since the shrine has been vandalized twice by Chinese. Another bell-jar sentence ...
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Korean plaintiffs protest as Japanese court rejects request to remove families' names from Yasukuni Shrine
Yasukuni Shrine honors millions of Japanese war dead, including 14 convicted Class A war criminals, and is seen by neighboring countries as a symbol of Japan's imperial past. It also enshrines ...
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Japan's Meiji Jingu shrine hosts thousands during annual dedication
The shrine is significant in Japanese culture and annually hosts thousands ... on Asian bourses overnight as fears of a global trade war escalated after the European Union said it would respond ...
Japanese court’s ruling over Koreans enshrined in Yasukuni reopens wartime wounds
A group of 27 South Koreans fought to have their relatives’ names removed from the highly controversial shrine in Tokyo.
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S. Korea voices 'deep regret' over Japanese PM's offering to Yasukuni Shrine
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign ministry expressed "deep regret" Thursday that Japanese political leaders, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, sent offerings or paid visits to ...
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AP Photos: Japanese bathe in icy water at a Tokyo shrine to purify their souls
TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for ...