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Desecration of the Dead: Bereaved Okinawan Families Sue Yasukuni to End Relatives' Enshrinement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Tanaka Nobumasa
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Bereaved families from Korea and Taiwan earlier filed lawsuits in Tokyo and Osaka seeking to end their relatives' enshrinement at Yasukuni, raising a central issue in the storm of controversy surrounding the shrine. Filed in Naha District Court on March 19, the Okinawa litigation challenges Yasukuni's application of the Law for Protection of War Victims and Bereaved Families to perpetuate enshrinements that distort the truth about the Battle of Okinawa.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 5 , May 2008 , e7
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