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A look at the history and beliefs behind Japan’s controversial shrine to the war dead

Posted 8/14/26

Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo honors more than 2.4 million people who died serving Japan but remains one of the country’s most divisive memorial sites. Founded in the Meiji era, the Shinto shrine became …

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