Uncovered records show lower-ranking Japanese war criminals claimed innocence before execution
Many Japanese war criminals convicted in a U.S. military tribunal in the Philippines claimed they were innocent and expressed criticism of their death sentences in their last words.
Relatives of Philippine leader Quirino recall 1953 act of forgiveness toward Japan
As the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II nears, one family in the Philippines remembers how their country and Japan re-established friendly ties after a tragedy that reduced parts of the Philippines, including Manila, to rubble and left more than a ...
Abe likely to visit Yasukuni Shrine again while in office, aide says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine again while in office, although he may wait until after a visit to China in November to avoid jeopardizing the chances of a summit with President Xi Jinping, according to one of his ...
Abe sent message to ceremony honoring war criminals
A message from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that was read out at an April ceremony memorializing Japanese war criminals referred to them as “the foundation of our homeland,” an organizer of the event says.
Yasukuni Shrine remains opposed to enshrining war criminals at separate site
Yasukuni Shrine officials have reiterated their stance against enshrining war criminals at a separate site. "Once-enshrined deities can't be removed," a representative of the Shinto shrine in Tokyo honors several convicted Class-A war criminals along with millions of Japan's war dead, said in a written ...
South Korea, China hit Diet members' visit to Yasukuni Shrine
South Korea and China on Tuesday criticized a visit by nearly 150 Japanese lawmakers to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, saying it represents the country's lack of remorse for wartime atrocities. The group visit by both ruling and opposition party lawmakers followed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ...
Hundreds of activists filed a lawsuit Monday with the Tokyo District Court against the government and war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, claiming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit there last December was unconstitutional. The 273 people in the group, which includes relatives of the war dead, experts on ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping's reaction to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Yasukuni Shrine will determine whether Asia's top two economies come closer to a hostile incident. Xi's options after Abe's appearance Thursday at Yasukuni — the first by a sitting prime minister since 2006 ...
An academic has found a copy of an official U.S. military document detailing the procedures to be followed at the 1948 execution of seven Japanese convicted as Class-A war criminals by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. The original four-page document, titled "Execution ...
