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Yasukuni visit would add insult to injury: China Daily editorial

China Daily 25 Dec 2025
Speculation that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may visit the Yasukuni Shrine on Friday has once again put Japan's attitude toward history and peace under the spotlight ... The Yasukuni Shrine in ...
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Families of World War II Korean conscripts file lawsuit seeking removal of names from Yasukuni Shrine

Yonhap News 23 Dec 2025
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- Family members of Koreans forcibly conscripted by Jap ....
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‘Honest baseball lover’ revered as war god at Yasukuni Shrine

Asahi News 08 Dec 2025
7, 1941, is revered as a “war god” at the Yushukan exhibition facility of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo ... About 2.46 million people are enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine ... Mimaki has visited Yasukuni Shrine only once.
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What Right Does Japan Have to Pronounce about Taiwan?

Dissident Voice 01 Dec 2025
Meanwhile, Japanese politicians, including Takaichi (although she skipped such a visit during the 2025 autumn festival) have continued to visit the Yasukuni Shrine, said to house the kami of Japanese ...
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Yasukuni litmus test looms for Japan’s new PM Takaichi

South China Morning Post 08 Nov 2025
Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is under growing pressure from nationalist conservatives ...
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Sanae Takaichi is Japan’s New Prime Minister, and She’s a Heavy Metal Drummer

New York Times 21 Oct 2025
Sanae Takaichi, a fan of Iron Maiden, had an improbable rise to power. Like her mentor, Shinzo Abe, she is expected to lead Japan to the right ... .
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Takaichi skips Yasukuni visit during autumn festival

Japan Times 20 Oct 2025
With a vote on the next prime minister set for Tuesday, the new LDP president apparently took into account the possibility that any visit could adversely impact foreign affairs ... .
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MOFA Spokesperson’s Commentary on Sending Offerings to and Paying Respects at Yasukuni Shrine (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea)

Public Technologies 20 Oct 2025
The government of the Republic of Korea expresses deep disappointment and regret over the fact that responsible leaders of Japan have once again sent offerings to and paid respects at the Yasukuni ...
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Japanese Cabinet ministers skip Yasukuni shrine visit during autumn rite

Kyodo 20 Oct 2025
TOKYO - No Japanese Cabinet ministers visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo during the three-day autumn festival that ended Sunday, with ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader and staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi also staying away.
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Takaichi and Lee need to be cautious about Tokyo-Seoul relations

Asiatimes 19 Oct 2025
This article, originally published by Pacific Forum, is republished with permission ... There is no guarantee of a reversal ... She regularly visited Yasukuni Shrine, which South Koreans (and others) consider a symbol of Japan’s militarist past ... Sign up ... ....
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Gathering right-wing storm in Tokyo shadows Seoul’s APEC moment

Asiatimes 19 Oct 2025
... Yasukuni Shrine ... She has also been advised to stay away from Yasukuni ... But in the LDP race last year, Takaichi made it clear she would visit Yasukuni, which she has done regularly as a cabinet minister.
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China slams Japan's negative moves related to Yasukuni Shrine

People Daily 18 Oct 2025
17 (Xinhua) -- China is firmly against Japan's latest negative moves related to the Yasukuni Shrine and has lodged serious protests, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday.
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China protests Japanese officials’ Yasukuni Shrine offerings

Hong Kong Standard 17 Oct 2025
China has lodged a strong protest ...
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Takaichi sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine but will not visit

Japan Times 17 Oct 2025
Top Japanese leaders visiting the shrine also honoring convicted war criminals have infuriated China and South Korea in the past, and no prime minister has visited since 2013 ... .
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Japanese PM Ishiba sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Xinhua 17 Oct 2025
17 (Xinhua) -- Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday sent a ritual offering to Tokyo's notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of the country's past brutal militarism.

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