Yasukuni Shrine

Yasukuni Shrine is a controversial Shinto shrine in Tokyo. It commemorates (by name) over two million Japanese people who died in wars from 1868 to 1954. Post-war right-wing Japanese politicians have paid visits to the shrine to pay respects to the war dead, but this is seen by China and Korea as a provocative act as over a thousand Japanese war criminals are enshrined there.

Yasukuni Shrine Media

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
Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh visiting Yasukuni Shrine, October 1931
French Navy officers' visit to Yasukuni Shrine, May 1933
The United States Navy officers' visit to Yasukuni Shrine, July 1933
German Navy officers' visit to Yasukuni Shrine, March 1937
Hitler Youth visit to Yasukuni Shrine, October 1938
Eirei ni kotaeru Kai (Society for Honoring the Glorious War Dead) members, August 2001
The Mitama Festival at Yasukuni Shrine

Other websites

Yasukuni Shrine at About Asian History Archived 2013-05-14 at the Wayback Machine

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