Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, has again been vandalized. The Shinto shrine called the act deplorable. Japanese media reports say graffiti was found on a stone pillar near the arch. In May, a stone pillar at Yasukuni was spraypainted red.
A blue sheet covers a stone pillar on which graffiti was found at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. TOKYO — Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalized again overnight Monday.
“It is deplorable that an act seeking to denigrate the shrine’s dignity has happened again,” the shrine said in a statement.Neither the police nor the Shinto shrine would go into details of the latest vandalism, saying an investigation was ongoing. Japanese media reports said graffiti reading “toilet” in Chinese, written with what appeared to be black markers, was found Monday morning on a stone pillar near the shrine’s arch.
Convicted Class A war criminals, including Hideki Tojo, Japan’s wartime prime minister, are among the 2.5 million Japanese war dead enshrined at Yasukuni. The shrine itself, a dramatic-looking building with sweeping roofs, also includes in its grounds Every year on Aug. 15, the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, there is close scrutiny of which Japanese politicians visit Yasukuni to pray for the war dead. Many regular Japanese go there to pray for their family members and friends, regardless of their political views.Former Saudi official alleges Prince Mohammed forged king’s signature on Yemen war decree, BBC sayson Aug. 15.
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