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4 senior LDP officials visit Yasukuni Shrine, raising questions about PM Takaichi's next move
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (323+ words) Kobayashi Takayuki, policy research council chairman of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visited Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday, completing a sweep in which all four of the party's top officials have now paid their respects at the controversial Tokyo shrine. The…...
APTOPIX Japan Controversial Shrine
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (119+ words) dailyrecordnews.com - Manage Subscription (Pay Your Bill, Vacation Request, Update Account Info) Air Quality Alert until SUN 12:00 PM PDT Visitors observe a moment of silence at Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, including convicted war criminals, as the country…...
Japan urged to avoid return to militarist past
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (778+ words) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a monetary offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japanese militarism and wartime aggression, on Saturday, as the country marked the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, while senior officials…...
The Stockport milkman who became a hero during audacious WW2 raid
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (894+ words) James Conway was 20 years old when he was executed under Hitler's infamous 'Commando Order' Sixteen-year-old James Conway was working as a milkman when World War Two broke out in the September of 1939. Conway, from Edgeley in Stockport, signed up to…...
Experts: Japan risks repeating history by downplaying its wartime aggression
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (542+ words) People visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, August 15, 2026. /VCG August 15 marked the anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II. Yet on the same day, Japanese politicians…...
All Core Executives of Japan's Ruling LDP Complete Yasukuni Shrine Visits - The Asia Business Daily
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (313+ words) All Core Executives of Japan's Ruling LDP Complete Yasukuni Shrine Visits Published 16 Aug.2026 12:44(KST) All of the core executives of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have completed visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, where Class-A war criminals from the Pacific War…...
The milkman who became a hero during audacious WW2 raid
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (711+ words) Sixteen-year-old James Conway was working as a milkman when World War Two broke out in the September of 1939. Conway, from Edgeley in Stockport, signed up to join the Royal Marines where he trained for a secret mission, later named Operation…...
Takaichi honors Yasukuni Shrine from afar on war anniversary
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (25+ words) Manila Bulletin Press Escape to quit searching Takaichi honors Yasukuni Shrine from afar on war anniversary...
RAF Rivenhall pilot's WW2 sacrifice remembered in Norway
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (1009+ words) Chris Bullock visited Skardfjell in Norway, where there is a memorial to a World War Two pilot who lost his life on a resistance resupply operation "On arrival at the crash site, it was breathtaking, because there are bits of…...
Danube exposes WWII motorcycle and German soldiers’ remains | Archaeology News Online Magazine
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (486+ words) Exceptionally low water levels in the Danube have exposed the remains of two German soldiers who likely died during World War II. Their remains were found beside a German military motorcycle, identification tags, anti-tank mines, and other wartime items in Budapest....