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

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

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has no plans to visit Yasukuni Shrine during the war-related Tokyo shrine's spring festival ...

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gave a ritual masakaki tree offering to Yasukuni Shrine at the start of the war-related Tokyo ...

They are members of a suprapartisan group promoting visits to the Shinto shrine in the Kudankita district in the Japanese capital's Chiyoda Ward. Yasukuni Shrine is regarded as a symbol of Japan's ...