Japan ministers visit controversial war shrine on World War II anniversary
Tokyo, Japan Reuters Japan marked the anniversary on Thursday of its defeat in World War II with visits by at least three cabinet ministers to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that other Asian nations see as a symbol of the country’s wartime aggression. Defence Minister Minoru Kihara, Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, and Yasutaka Shindo, the […]
Japan PM promises to never again wage war, ministers visit controversial shrine
Tokyo, Japan Reuters Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to never again wage war on the anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, while members of his cabinet marked the date with visits to a controversial shrine, moves set to anger China and South Korea. With the Yasukuni Shrine seen as a symbol of Japan’s […]
Japan’s Suga pledges not to wage war again as ministers visit controversial shrine
Tokyo, Japan Reuters Japan will never wage war again, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged on Sunday, as he commemorated the end of World War II while members of his cabinet visited a shrine seen by critics as a symbol of the country’s past militarism. Nearly eight decades since the end of the war, the conflict remains […]