On Monday, police said they were investigating after the kanji character for “death” was graffitied on two spots of a stone wall at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine honouring Japan’s war dead.

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.

Otajinja shrine ... on Japan’s northernmost main island. After going through the torii gate at the mountain foot, tourists heading for the main hall will soon be in front of a steep stone ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion ... to write down a personal prayer or wish and tie it to the prayer wall to commemorate your experience at the shrine.

Inclusive of the Mie, Wakayama and Nara prefectures, Kii Peninsula is easily accessible via multiple train routes from Osaka ...