There had been speculation that Sanae Takaichi, a regular visitor before becoming Japan's prime minister in October 2025, might visit the shrine like then-premier Shinzo Abe had done in 2013.

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.