TOKYO: Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalised again overnight Monday (Aug 19). “It is deplorable that an act seeking to denigrate the shrine’s dignity has happened again,” the shrine said in a statement.
A blue sheet covers a stone pillar on which graffiti was found at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug 19, 2024. TOKYO: Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japan ’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalised again overnight Monday .
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 memorials and museums dedicated to kamikaze pilots.
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