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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister office in Tokyo, on July 28.

Takaichi likely to forgo Yasukuni visit on Aug. 15: Japanese media

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will likely avoid the controversial shrine amid concerns over ties with Korea and China.

2026.8.13

This photo, carried by Kyodo, shows a ritual offering by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17. [YONHAP]

Korea voices 'deep' regret over Japanese leader's offering to war shrine

Korea expressed "deep" disappointment and regret Friday after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a ritual offering to a war shrine symbolizing Tokyo's militaristic past.

2025.10.17

Seoul expresses 'deep disappointment' after new Japanese leader sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine

The South Korean government on Thursday voiced "deep disappointment" after Japanese leaders sent offerings to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which many Koreans view as a symbol of Japan’s militaristic and colonial past.

2024.10.17

Foreign Ministry protests war shrine visits by Japan's political leaders

Korea's Foreign Ministry has protested visits and delivery of offerings to the Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese political leaders.

2024.8.15

In this file photo dated Aug. 15, Japanese lawmakers, including Ichiro Izawa, right, visit the Yasukuni Shrine. 15. [YONHAP]

Seoul criticizes Japanese parliamentarians' visiting Yasukuni Shrine

A number of Japanese leaders visited the shrine on the occasion of the shrine's autumn festival, including members of a bipartisan group that makes regular visits to the shrine.

2023.10.18

Apart and together

On Liberation Day, President Yoon Suk Yeol stressed the need to cooperate with Japan toward a better future, but Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent ritual offerings to the Yasukuni Shine.

2023.8.15

Japanese lawmakers, including Ichiro Aisawa of the Liberal Democratic Party, second from left, pay tribute to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Friday on the occasion of a two-day spring festival. [YONHAP]

Korea blasts Kishida's sending of offering to Yasukuni Shrine

The Foreign Ministry protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ritual offering to Yasukuni war shrine on Friday…

2023.4.21

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.08.16

While President Yoon Suk-yeol stressed the need for cooperation with Japan in his first speech on Liberation Day, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent his ritual offering to the Yasukuni Shrine, where Japanese war criminals are resting.

2022.8.15

Ruling Democratic Party Chairman Lee Nak-yon, center, on his way to meet with Takeo Kawamura, former Japanese chief cabinet secretary and current head of the Japan-Korea parliamentary group, at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Sunday. [YONHAP]

Lee, Kawamura meet in Seoul to thaw diplomatic chill

Ruling Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Lee Nak-yon and Takeo Kawamura, former Japanese chief cabinet secretary and current head of the Japan-Korea parliamentary group, met on Sunday to see if a thaw in icy bilateral relations was possible. “The...

2020.10.18

Tag: yasukuni

yasukuni

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Takaichi likely to forgo Yasukuni visit on Aug. 15: Japanese media

Korea voices 'deep' regret over Japanese leader's offering to war shrine

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