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‘War criminals shrine’: China’s replacement name for Yasukuni sharpens rhetoric against Japan
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1056+ words) sides’ competition for influence in South-east Asia. Chen Yang, a research fellow at Chinese think-tank Charhar...
US judge orders release of woman accused of vandalism at World War II memorial
3+ week, 5+ day ago (342+ words) Members of the National Guard standing near the World War II Memorial on Aug 13 after the pool was reportedly vandalised with soap and graffiti. Published Aug 18, 2026, 09:46 AM Updated Aug 18, 2026, 10:57 AM WASHINGTON – A US judge ordered on Aug 17 the release of…...
Japan PM calls official residence ‘workplace’, sees cockroach but not ghosts
3+ week, 1+ day ago (401+ words) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she has not seen ghosts inside the residence, which is often rumoured to be haunted. Published Aug 22, 2026, 07:20 PM TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Aug 22 that she uses her official residence near…...
Japan defence minister visits contentious Yasukuni Shrine to war dead
4+ week, 1+ day ago (250+ words) Published Aug 15, 2026, 11:10 AM TOKYO, Aug 15 - Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Saturday visited a shrine to the nation's war dead, which Asian neighbours see as a symbol of wartime aggression, as Japan marked the 81st anniversary of its surrender in World…...
Japan defence chief Koizumi visits war-linked Yasukuni shrine on World War II anniversary
4+ week, 1+ day ago (271+ words) People visit to pay tribute to the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II on Aug 15. Published Aug 15, 2026, 08:34 AM Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on…...
France worried by victory of far-right's AfD in German state election
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (194+ words) Published Sep 07, 2026, 02:32 PM Updated Sep 07, 2026, 02:37 PM PARIS, Sept 7 - French government ministers expressed their worries on Monday over the impact of the victory of far-right party Alternative for Germany in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday. The Alternative for Germany (AfD)…...
Far-right AfD courts conservative support after historic German state election win
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (668+ words) Published Sep 07, 2026, 05:46 PM BERLIN, Sept 7 - The Alternative for Germany appealed on Monday to lawmakers from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives to support its bid to rule Saxony-Anhalt after the far-right party surged into first place in the eastern German state's election....
Japan seeks change to new UN world map over Russia ‘misconception’
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (339+ words) Russian President Vladimir Putin meets residents as he visits the Southern Kuril Island of Iturup, in far eastern Sakhalin Region, Russia, on Aug 13. Published Sep 10, 2026, 07:48 PM TOKYO – Japan said on Sept 10 it had asked for the revision of a new…...
Thousands gather in Belgrade for funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (443+ words) Published Sep 07, 2026, 05:22 PM BELGRADE, Sept 7 - Thousands of people gathered in front of a church in Belgrade to pay respects to former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and…...
Bosnia expels two Serbian embassy diplomats in protest over Mladic funeral
5+ day, 39+ min ago (383+ words) Serbian army soldiers carry the coffin of former Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic outside the Church of St. Luke before burial, in Belgrade, Serbia, September 7, 2026. REUTERS/Uros Arsic Published Sep 08, 2026, 10:42 PM SARAJEVO, Sept 8 - Bosnia expelled two Serbian diplomats on…...