What is Yasukuni Shrine?
'''Yasukuni Shrine''' is a controversial [[Shinto]] [[shrine]] in [[Tokyo]]. It commemorates (by name) over two million Japanese people who died in wars from 1868 to 1954. Post-war [[right-wing]] [[Japan|Japanese]] politicians have paid visits to the shrine to pay respects to the war dead, but this is seen by [[China]] and [[Korea]] as a provocative act as over a thousand Japanese [[war crime|war criminal]]s are enshrined there. ==Other websites== *[http://asianhistory.about.com/od/japan/f/Yasukuni-Shrine-Japan.htm Yasukuni Shrine at About Asian History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514173425/http://asianhistory.about.com/od/japan/f/Yasukuni-Shrine-Japan.htm |date=2013-05-14 }} {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Shinto shrines in Tokyo]] [[Category:Bekkaku kanpeisha]] [[Category:Gokoku shrines]] [[Category:Former Beppyo shrines]] [[Category:Chokusaisha]]