Yasukuni Shrine
Shinto shrine in Tokyo
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| September 3 2024 | Ambassador of Ukraine to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky visited Yasukuni Shrine. |
| May 31 2024 | Chinese netizen Dong Guangming, known as 'Iron Head', defaced Yasukuni Shrine by urinating and spray painting 'toilet' in protest of Japan's nuclear wastewater discharge policy. Collaborator Jiang Zhuojun was arrested, while Dong and Hsu Lai-Yu fled to China. |
| April 21 2023 | Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent a religious offering to Yasukuni Shrine. |
| 2022 | Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent an offering to Yasukuni Shrine, without personally visiting the site. |
| February 11 2021 | Japanese voice actress Ai Kayano visited Yasukuni Shrine near her workplace, causing controversy. She later apologized, claiming she was unaware of the shrine's sensitive historical context. Following her visit, Chinese video game companies Azur Lane and Arknights removed her voice work from their Chinese servers under significant fan pressure. |
| January 7 2019 | Creatures' official Twitter account posted an image of employees visiting Yasukuni Shrine, which was deleted shortly after due to backlash from Chinese and South Korean users, including calls for a boycott. |
| October 31 2018 | The chief priest of Yasukuni Shrine resigned following criticism against the Emperor. |
| December 26 2013 | Prime Minister Shinzō Abe visited Yasukuni Shrine, sparking diplomatic tensions with China, Russia, South Korea, and criticism from the United States. |
| January 19 2013 | A great-grandson of Yoshinobu Tokugawa (the last Tokugawa shogun) becomes the Guji of Yasukuni Shrine. |
| May 14 2012 | World Uyghur Congress president Rebiya Kadeer visited Yasukuni Shrine. |
| August 14 2010 | French National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen visited Yasukuni Shrine. |
| August 14 2010 | British National Party deputy leader Adam Walker visited Yasukuni Shrine. |
| August 14 2010 | Members of Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom and Magyar Gárda visited Yasukuni Shrine. |
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