The historic Gwanwoldang structure has been repatriated to Korea, revealing intricate components for restoration at the Traditional Architecture Elements Conservation Center.

Dozens of Japanese lawmakers on Wednesday paid their respects at a war shrine vilified as a symbol of the country's past militarism, amid concerns Tokyo may build up its armed forces against the ...

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 ...

A Japanese Cabinet minister on Sunday visited a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead, including war criminals, a gesture that has repeatedly caused friction with Japan's neighbors. Lawmaker Keiji ...

[1/2]A Shinto priest accompanies a group of Japanese lawmakers as they visit the Yasukuni shrine to pay respects to the country's war dead in Tokyo, Japan December 7, 2021, in this photo taken by ...

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

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalized again overnight Monday.

The Shinto shrine, located in a Tokyo neighborhood near the political heart of the city, is the nation's primary war memorial honoring 2.5 million Japanese killed since the late 19th century.

The Japanese lawmakers who went to the shrine defended their decision to go to the site where 14 of Japan’s Class-A war criminals from World War II are enshrined with thousands of Japanese soldiers.

Shinzo Abe, the new Japanese prime minister, already faces an important symbolic test: Will he visit a controversial shrine that honors the nation's war dead — including war criminals blamed for ...