Source: BBC News
The chief priest at Japan’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine is to resign after making remarks highly critical of Emperor Akihito.
In comments leaked to a magazine, Kunio Kohori said he believed Emperor Akihito was trying to destroy the shrine by not visiting it.
The shrine in Tokyo honours Japan’s 2.5 million war dead but also enshrines convicted criminals of World War Two.
It remains a high source of tension with neighbours, particularly China.
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