“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 ...

Flowering cherry blossoms and buds from a sample cherry tree, Somei Yoshino species, used for observation is pictured last month at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. Photo: AFP This means increasing costs to ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday tapped his close aide Ryosei Akazawa, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, to lead talks with the United States in a bid to dissuade President ...

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Tokyo's bloom officially begins when five or more blossoms open on the "reference tree" located at Yasukuni Shrine. During our visit at 6:45 in the morning, we saw several buds that might pop open by ...

I believe that some day God will pass final judgment. I am satisfied—and I know my husband is satisfied—to be buried in Yasukuni Shrine with the rest of the Japanese soldiers who fell at ...

This brought questions from the public about whether such gift-giving has been a long-held practice among LDP prime ministers, surely anyone close to Japanese politics knows the answer to such ...