Yasukuni Shrine is dedicated to venerate who have died in Japan's wars in Japan. Memorial tablets of soldiers killed in wars are honored here, and the memorial tablets of war criminals are also enshrined in it.

Yasukuni Shrine is the symbol of aggression spirit of Japanese militarism in the modern history. The shrine was originally constructed in June 1869, it was originally named TōkyōShōkonsha, and was renamed Yasukuni Jinja in 1879. The shrine has performed Shinto rites to house the kami (spirits) of all Japanese killed in wars, most of them were invasion wars, as to God between 1853 and 1945.

Yasukuni Shrine accounts for more than 100 thousand square meters. a 10-meter high stone pagoda sits on the each side of the gate. The stone pagodas was built in 1935 with 16 picecs of relievos on it, the relievos depict glorification of Japanese invasion wars to China, starting with Japan invading Taiwan in 1895, 9.18 incident from then Japanese occupied the northeast part of China in 1931, and attacking Shanghai in the next year, all those invading actions were carved on the stone pagodas as the glorious history to be admired. Weapons, captures, hangovers, posthumous writings and photos left behind by Japanese army invading China have been exhibited in the exhibition house situated in one side of Yasukuni Shrine. Memorial tablets of over 2.46 million soldiers, killed in wars against foreign countries since Meiji Reform, most of them were killed in invasion wars, are enshrined in the main hall. Memorial tablets of Hideki Tojo and other 13 class A war criminals as well as over two thousand class B and class C war criminals were moved in the shrine in October 1978.

Whenever and whoever, visiting Yasukuni Shrine is the most serious insult and blasphemy to the people who once suffered atrocities by Japanese militarism in Asia. Starting 1975, all of the Japanese prime ministers visited the shrine as personal status. On August 15, 1985, prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and most officials of Japanses cabinet formally visited Yasukuni Shrine as their official status for first time. On July 29, 1996, Ryutaro Hashimoto visited Yasukuni Shrine as the status of prime minister. Especially the incumbent prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, who visited four times, on August 13, 2001, April 21, 2002, January 14, 2003 and January 1, 2004.

Visitiong Yasukuni Shrine or not indicates to how politicians in power realize and treat the fundamental problem of the history of invasion. Thereby, everyone and every countries against invasion and loving peace, especially the people and their countries which suffered invasion by Japanese have strongly protested, and even some of Japanese people and politicians have also opposed against visiting Yasukuni Shrine.