None of the current members of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine during a ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sends a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, as the shrine, seen by ...

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Monday, as the shrine, seen by Japan's neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism, began a three-day spring ...

South Korea on Tuesday voiced "deep disappointment and regret" after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent an offering ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Monday, as the shrine, ...

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I’m a believer. Not in a higher power, but in the power of sacred spaces to move, challenge, educate and uplift me.

In a purely human way, I feel sorry for the Pope. Like everyone who died, except the Nazis, especially the Ukrainians. They ...

The Shinto shrine is meant to house the spirits ... Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the last Japanese leader to visit the shrine in December 2013, which sparked outrage in South ...