It was recently learned that Maritime Self-Defense Force members, including a senior officer, visited Yasukuni Shrine as a group. The finding came on the heels of an earlier revelation of a group ...

Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, has often been at the center of international controversy because 14 Class-A war criminals from World War II are enshrined there.

Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a naval captain ordered a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot who died slamming his ...

“The next time we see each other, we will be under the beautiful cherry blossom trees at Yasukuni Shrine. Please don’t cry, only smile and tell me ‘well done.’” Thanks to Callaghan’s ...

“The next time we see each other, we will be under the beautiful cherry blossom trees at Yasukuni Shrine. Please don’t cry, only smile and tell me ‘well done.’ ” Why is the anniversary ...

“The next time we see each other, we will be under the beautiful cherry blossom trees at Yasukuni Shrine. Please don’t cry, only smile and tell me ‘well done.‘” Thanks to Callahan’s ...