In a dark museum hall, a seven-year-old girl stared intently at a black-and-white image of corpses strewn haphazardly in a ...

Love for the motherland, or patriotism, is the third element in China’s World War II narrative, alongside hatred of Japanese ...

SEOUL--South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show repentance for the ...

Yasukuni Shrine’s annual Mitama Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s largest Obon festivals. First held in 1947, the festival is best known for its 30,000 lanterns: 10,000 large lanterns light the ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between June 7 and 15. The first story was ...

Reports of Ikuina’s visit to Yasukuni Shrine added fuel to the fire, with growing objection in South Korea saying that her visit insulted bereaved Korean families and was inappropriate.

It has been over three years since our daily routine has come to include being shown the ominous flashes of light from missiles and their violent flam ...

Amid calls that Self-Defense Force members be honored at Tokyo's Yasukuni Jinja shrine if they die in war, some have questioned the legitimacy of such a move in light of the Japanese Constitution ...

As Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is reported to be in a difficult situation heading into ...

Prosecutions for atrocities are not always enough to stop hatred. Societies must also acknowledge what happened.

Trade talks ahead of July 9 cut-off, Netanyahu meets US president and UK Post Office IT scandal inquiry publishes its first ...