Yasukuni Shrine
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Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the
The haiden (hall of worship)
Tōkyō Shōkonsha in 1873
Visitors in military uniforms with the Rising Sun Flag in August 2012
King of Thailand, King Rama VII (Prajadhipok)'s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, May 1931
There are a number of war controversies relating to Yasukuni Shrine and its war museum Yūshūkan in Tokyo, Japan. The shrine is based on State Shinto, as opposed to traditional Japanese Shinto, and has
Yasukuni Shrine
…The enshrinement of an extensive number of war criminals, as well as the shrine's historical association with State Shinto, has made the shrine highly controversial within East Asia, particularly amongst victims of Japanese imperialism. Emperor Hirohito, under whom Japan fought during World War II, visited the…
Yasukuni Shrine; March 2012
Yokosuka D4Y1 at the Yūshūkan War Museum
Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi