A Chinese man who was recorded spray-painting graffiti on a stone pillar near the entrance to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo has already left Japan, the Metropolitan Police Department said.

In June and August, the pillars of the Yasukuni shrine gate were covered with the ... Since then, it has been one of the constant attractions for tourists arriving in Tokyo. Visitors can ...

Conservatives assert that Yasukuni, which was established in 1869 as Japan emerged from more than 250 years of isolation, is meant to commemorate all the nation’s war dead and is not a shrine ...