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.

Defense Ministry officials are investigating whether members of the Self-Defense Forces violated regulations concerning religious facilities by visiting war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

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 ...

(Mainichi/Kazuo Motohashi) TOKYO -- The Supreme Court on Jan. 17 dismissed a bereaved family's lawsuit demanding compensation in connection with a South Korean national's enshrinement at Yasukuni ...

Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed a suit filed by South Korean relatives of the war-dead, who sought damages from the Japanese government over the enshrinement of their loved ones at Yasukuni ...

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