5+ hour, 24+ min ago   (537+ words) The film opens with a music video of women doing aerobics. The camera then cuts to soldiers enthusiastically watching, completely engrossed in the video. In 2006, at the height of the Iraq War, soldiers who threw themselves into the war for…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (412+ words) ▲ Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi visits the Yasukuni Shrine on the morning of August 15, which marks South Korea's Liberation Day and Japan's WWII surrender anniversary. This is the seventh consecutive year a sitting Japanese cabinet minister has visited the shrine....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (264+ words) ▲ LDP Policy Research Council Chairperson Kobayashi Takayuki Kobayashi Takayuki, Chairperson of the Policy Research Council of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), visited Yasukuni Shrine today (August 16). With this, all four top executives holding key party positions have completed visits…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (359+ words) ▲ Takayuki Kobayashi, Policy Research Council Chairman of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Takayuki Kobayashi, Policy Research Council Chairman of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), visited the Yasukuni Shrine today (August 16). With this visit, all four top officials holding key party…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (527+ words) Today (August 15), which marks South Korea's Liberation Day and Japan's surrender in World War II, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi refrained from visiting the Yasukuni Shrine but made no mention of remorse for past wartime damage inflicted by Japan. Prime…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (562+ words) ▲ The Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines Pacific War criminals The South Korean government criticized Japanese political figures for making ritual offerings and visiting the Yasukuni Shrine today (August 15). In particular, the government summoned a Japanese official to lodge a strong protest…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (200+ words) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did not mention "remorse" or a "pledge not to wage war" during the war-end memorial service for the war dead held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo today (August 15). While previous Japanese prime ministers have…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (352+ words) ▲ Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends the National Memorial Service for War Dead, held on South Korea's Liberation Day and Japan's WWII defeat anniversary. The South Korean government has strongly criticized Japanese political figures for making ritual offerings and visiting…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (543+ words) ▲ Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did not mention "remorse" or the "pledge not to wage war" in her memorial address for the war dead on the anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II. While…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (190+ words) Today (August 15), marking Liberation Day and the anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did not visit Yasukuni Shrine in person, but instead offered ritual payments in her capacity as president of the Liberal Democratic Party. However,…...