Japan's defence minister paid his respects Saturday at a shrine honouring the country's war dead that has long dogged Tokyo's relations with its Asian neighbours, but Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed…

Tokyo, Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to skip a visit to Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday, the anniversary of the…

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has prayed at Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine, seen by Japan’s Asian neighbors as a symbol of the country’s past militarism.