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Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, was returned to South Korea on Oct. 12. The monument had been kept at the shrine after Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiaki Nambu (L), priest at Yasukuni Shrine, Chu Gyu HO (C), minister at the South Korean Embassy, and Keishiro Fukushima, parliamentary secretary at the Foreign Ministry, join hands at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 12 during a ceremony to return an 18th-century Korean stone monument to South Korea. The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, and had been kept at the shrine since Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, was returned to South Korea on Oct. 12. The monument had been kept at the shrine after Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. (Kyodo)

Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiaki Nambu (L), priest at Yasukuni Shrine, Chu Gyu HO (C), minister at the South Korean Embassy, and Keishiro Fukushima, parliamentary secretary at the Foreign Ministry, join hands at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 12 during a ceremony to return an 18th-century Korean stone monument to South Korea. The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, and had been kept at the shrine since Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. (Kyodo)