Japan has repeatedly apologized for its wartime actions, but the shrine remains a flashpoint nearly 70 years after Emperor Hirohito issued his proclamation surrendering to Allied forces on Aug. 15 ...

In Tokyo, Japan, police are searching for suspects who spray-painted the word "toilet" on a stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine, a site honoring Japan's war dead. Fox News Media Fox Business ...

Home to famous temples, shrines, gardens, pagodas, cherry blossoms, geishas and tea ceremonies, Kyoto at night is magical.

The shrine — No. 3 on CNN’s list of “36 most beautiful places in Japan” — is relatively new by Japanese standards. It opened in 1955 to pay tribute to the spirit of the white fox.

If you love foxes, Shiroishi, Japan, is the place to be. At Shiroishi’s Zao Fox Village, there are foxes for days. Between 100 and 200 foxes roam through village at all times, and you can see ...

You know, where you can frolic with foxes. Opened in 1990 and located in Miyagi Prefecture, "Zao Fox Village" is a sanctuary home to over a hundred free-roaming foxes, including the silver fox and ...

TOKYO — A group of about 100 Japanese lawmakers Tuesday prayed at a controversial Tokyo shrine viewed by China and the Koreas as a symbol of Japanese wartime aggression, 80 years after Japan’s ...

At Japan's War Shrine, Wounds Unhealed. Koizumi Plans Visit Despite Condemnation From Asian Neighbors. July 27, 2001. By Kathryn Tolbert. and ...

Visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese officials, including the younger brother of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ignited criticism from China and Korea, which see the visits as an ...