Nearly eight decades after Japan’s defeat in World War Two, Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine remains a potent symbol of its wartime ...

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War II defeat on Friday, with at least one cabinet minister joining thousands ...

TOKYO—A Tokyo landmark dedicated to Japan's war dead that has become a perpetual sore in Japan's relations with its neighbors is again about to take center stage. China and South Korea have long ...

Japan's shrine culture holds secrets that even frequent visitors rarely discover. Behind the serene torii gates and meticulously raked gravel paths lies a tradition so ancient and complex that it ...

The popstar posted an Instagram photo of himself bowing reverentially before the tome, before replacing it with an apology, saying he was unaware of the highly controversial nature of the place. By ...

It’s often said that every Japanese person hopes to visit Ise Jingu—Japan’s most sacred Shintō shrine—at least once in a lifetime. That time may be now. The shrine has just entered Shikinen Sengu, a ...

TOKYO — A group of about 100 Japanese lawmakers Tuesday prayed at a controversial Tokyo shrine viewed by China and the Koreas as a symbol of Japanese wartime aggression, 80 years after Japan’s attack ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sparked global outrage when he went to the controversial Yasukuni shrine on Thursday, aggravating recent tensions with China and South Korea by visiting burial ...

Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it. Japanese ...