Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gave a ritual masakaki tree offering to Yasukuni Shrine at the start of the war-related Tokyo shrine's spring festival on Monday.. Ishiba has no plans to visit the ...

The sample cherry tree monitored in Tokyo by the Meteorological Agency came into full bloom Sunday, the agency said. The full bloom of the Somei-Yoshino tree at Yasukuni Shrine in the Japanese ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering on Saturday to mark the annual autumn festival at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead, seen as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by ...

A wooden plaque (L) showing the name of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen with a "masakaki" tree that Abe sent as a ritual offering for the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan ...

A day before U.S. President Barack Obama is due to arrive in Tokyo, 147 Japanese legislators visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese war dead, including top war criminals ...

Ishiba sent a ritual "masakasi" tree branch offering for the two-day springtime festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which commemorates millions of Japan's war dead -- including numerous figures ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Saturday made a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni war shrine seen by neighbouring countries as a symbol of Tokyo's militarist past.Abe donated a ...

More than 100 Japanese lawmakers paid homage at the Yasukuni war shrine, risking anger from victims of Tokyo's 20th century aggression. Tuesday, July 8, 2025 News ...

Tokyo’s first cherry blossoms of the season are observed at Yasukuni Shrine in the capital’s Chiyoda Ward on March 24. (Tatsuya Shimada) ...