Documents show state led move to enshrine war criminals at Yasukuni

ASAHI SHIMBUN

The document folder that contained the summary of program operations that describes the process for enshrinement of war criminals at Yasukuni Shrine.

Yasukuni Shrine PHOTOS/Asahi Shimbun

Documents contradicting the government’s claim that it had nothing to do with the 1978 enshrinement of 14 Class-A war criminals have recently emerged from national archives.

Asahi Shimbun