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News from Japan- Visits to Japanese shrines 'to continue' - China Daily May 13, 2013Visits to Japanese shrines 'to continue'China DailyThe policy chief of Japan's ruling party vowed on Sunday to keep paying homage at a controversial war shrine despite anger and diplomatic protests by China and South Korea. Analysts warned that Japan will endanger surrounding countries with the ...LDP policy chief pledges to continue visiting […]
- Seeing where Shinto and Buddhism cross - The Japan Times May 15, 2013Seeing where Shinto and Buddhism crossThe Japan Times“The number of Shinto shrines in Japan has changed over centuries due to various political and social changes. There were about 190,000 shrines during the early Meiji Era (1867-1912), before a drastic change came about in the merging of shrines and ...
- Old Sore Spots Flare Up in China-Japan Disputes - New York Times April 24, 2013Yahoo! NewsOld Sore Spots Flare Up in China-Japan DisputesNew York TimesTOKYO — Japanese lawmakers paid their respects at a shrine to those killed in war, including those executed as war criminals, in what the local news media described as the biggest group visit by Parliament members in recent memory. Enlarge This Image ...Visits to Shrine Aggravate China-J […]
- South Korea chides Japan after lawmakers visit war shrine - Los Angeles Times April 25, 2013Voice of AmericaSouth Korea chides Japan after lawmakers visit war shrineLos Angeles TimesSouth Korea chided Japan for “retrograde comments and behaviors” Thursday, days after Japanese government ministers and a host of lawmakers flocked to a politically sensitive war shrine. Japan “turns a blind eye and a deaf ear to excruciating loss and ...Abenomics and t […]
- Teen sent to Japanese detention facility for setting fire to shrine - Stars and Stripes May 21, 2013Teen sent to Japanese detention facility for setting fire to shrineStars and StripesThe teen, who was not identified, confessed to setting fire to a shed and the shrine on March 7, only a week after he arrived in Japan. Police said he told them he was trying to release stress caused by the language barrier and the close proximity of ...
- Visits to Japanese shrines 'to continue' - China Daily May 13, 2013
