China steps up Abe attacks

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 02:30

China returned to the offensive over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s visit to a contested war shrine warning the UN Security Council that such acts threaten peace.

Japan`s Prime Minister must repent shrine visit: China

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 20:03

China`s State Councillor Yang Jiechi said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s visit to the Yasukuni shrine was a mistake that must be corrected.

Pakistan cautious on Japanese PM`s shrine visit

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 12:53

Pakistan Friday was cautious in reaction to the Japanese Prime Minister`s controversial visit to the World War II related Yasukuni shrine, which drew strong opposition from neighbouring countries, a foreign ministry statement showed.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe comes under Chinese fire over homage to "devils"

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 11:00

Chinese newspapers blasted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, describing his visit to Yasukuni Shrine as "paying homage to devils" and warning that China has the ability to crush "provocative militarism".

US `disappointed` as Japan PM Abe visits war shrine; China, S Korea angry

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 09:26

In a move bound to invoke the indignation of its Asian neighbours China and South Korea, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine.

Japan PM Abe to visit Yasukuni Shrine for war dead

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 07:38

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Tokyo`s Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Thursday, a spokesman for the prime minister`s office said, in a move likely to anger Asian neighbour China and South Korea.

Japanese Cabinet minister Shindo visits shrine to war dead

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 08:18

Japanese Internal Affairs Minister Yoshitaka Shindo visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead, a move likely to anger Asian victims of Japan`s past aggression.

Japan visits to war shrine likely to anger Asian neighbours

Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 11:58

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to a controversial shrine for war dead on Thursday - the anniversary of Japan`s defeat in World War Two.

South Korea calls in Japan envoy over war shrine row

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 10:57

South Korea called in Japan`s ambassador to lodge a strong protest in an escalating diplomatic row over visits by Japanese Cabinet ministers to a war shrine.

Japanese ministers` war shrine visit infuriates South Korea

Last Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013, 09:17

Japan`s Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso and Keiji Furuya, the chief of the National Public Safety Commission, separately visited the Yasukuni shrine Sunday.