Built in 1920, this revered Shinto shrine in Tokyo sees around 3 million visitors every year. Despite this, it's an oasis of ...

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.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a ritual offering Oct. 17 to a Shinto shrine in Tokyo that Chinese and Koreans view as a symbol of Japanese wartime militarism, but did not go in person.