A Tokyo shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's past militarism reported on ... a Chinese man allegedly conspired with two others to spray-paint the word "toilet" in red on a pillar at the shrine.

The shrine honours Japan's war dead but also convicted World War Two criminals A Chinese man accused of buying spray paint which was used to write the word "toilet" on a controversial Japanese ...

Visits to the shrine by senior Japanese political figures have drawn criticism from countries such as South Korea, which was under Tokyo’s colonial rule for 35 years, and China, which Japan invaded.

Omamori, those little talismans from Japanese shrines and temples, are staples of good luck and protection ... absorb the mystical energy of the universe to be later transformed into a one-of-a-kind, ...

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