{"id":138787,"date":"2026-08-16T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T00:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/16\/takaichi-skips-controversial-shrine-on-81st-anniversary-of-japans-world-war-ii-surrender-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T00:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T00:02:00","slug":"takaichi-skips-controversial-shrine-on-81st-anniversary-of-japans-world-war-ii-surrender-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/16\/takaichi-skips-controversial-shrine-on-81st-anniversary-of-japans-world-war-ii-surrender-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Takaichi skips controversial shrine on 81st anniversary of Japan&#8217;s World War II surrender &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPV0NlZGtyellYYXpBR2txcXVLOVNoWGtfbmd1RVRtbXYzU1ZqdUVrNDM2b1JBd01ZWmtnYW9XRFQyNnZyQUpLeDBkUGtIbFRVTXdaZEhtbDNoNzNKY194THdtaEctTDZaZ2dja0F1dWlIQ2VpTHhjSG1TMDVadU0yVXlXNTBrT0oxR0pJY2RNNEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Takaichi skips controversial shrine on 81st anniversary of Japan&#8217;s World War II surrender<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPV2Y1MVdnLWFNQjVJSEhYT3VRT3ZMd2FuanpmUGw1SUNpR3hYWi1oMGtVYTdHTV9rZVVaaTZZWVVKSmRCVU1MR1VBaTBpQTc0Q2FKekhqZG5ZOXVxY2Rpcmt5X3VzdHl0WEJrQWlDSEFGU1hVMUFMdTdMWnFfTUpBVkU5VFYyV0NvcFBzd3BOTDBYLVBoZER4MGNrbzIzeXB5a0xNN2ZnZ0NBRDc2bU05Q3dVVTk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Japan defence minister visits contentious Yasukuni Shrine to war dead<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxNU3pxbF94YlZKZk55cUFabHdfQTdPOWRYcjBGckVTUEhCOHViZnFPREZpTUppSVUwREY3ckJ3c01tRnpiNVhnam1SM21HZnBfNVdSaEpFcGE5dWhXcFVSU0wtajdxM2xJOVZVRTdxYnh1MHhyVDFRdXR0eGhPcW4tU3lzSXlOZmtjcHltc1ZERkRwRVBWSUJydlFESHJNdmZCWXJoYURFNFJVanNPZDEwWnRFOXBJXzFo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese leader skips controversial shrine visit, avoids mention of remorse on World War II surrender anniversary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNaFJMdmFEd1hXa20ybWV3VXdQblVRcU5JMm5SNUYxM3BjalRNdnE5SGU1eEVhblhjZlhBYVdKaHFDTDBjRjRybDVHelRESFNrVzZZLVJEZTBZUm0wVW5uZHZ2UkhjSllublc4R3UtaGZTd08yUEFFY2pXSkxSVGFMaWgxdlhkTnMtbTJfSV9zR01SRjlkTDVzNWxjckczY1daRE9STVVB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A look at the history and beliefs behind Japan\u2019s controversial shrine to the war dead<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxPQzBFU0xrU3F2bVNmSWgtMllvc1NzRllxcEVuWlZFa19jYThkUlYzLUNmTmxNbFRtcy1hb1AxZXJCSGh4cWowc0NMZ0RIeTBFTEQ3MFJEZ0hSMlc5VFM0cU15VDNUa2VaTDF0SkNqQ0tUSE9ka0ZZM0VKWTI2UmVEOTFvWUNjZWI3el9oYlVfQ2NpOU1T?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Takaichi drops \u2018remorse\u2019 in her first war memorial address<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Japan Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takaichi skips controversial shrine on 81st anniversary of Japan&#8217;s World War II surrender&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Japan defence minister visits contentious Yasukuni Shrine to war dead&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Japanese leader&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/16\/takaichi-skips-controversial-shrine-on-81st-anniversary-of-japans-world-war-ii-surrender-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}