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Fumio Kishida, Ishiba’s direct predecessor, did not visit the shrine, although several of his ministers did, including his Defense Minister Minoru Kihara—the first serving defense chief to visit the shrine on the anniversary of Japan’s surrender.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Known for conservative positions such as revising the pacifist constitution, Takaichi is a regular visitor to the Yasukuni shrine to honour Japan's war dead, viewed by Beijing and others as a symbol of past militarism.
—Kaori Kaneko, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
At the time, the Czech capital still held traces of Kafka’s era; now, Prague serves almost like a shrine to the author, with an official museum and several monuments around town, which range from iconic to kitsch in her view.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
The rituals also include his visits early next week to Ise, Japan’s top Shinto shrine, the mausoleum of the mythical first emperor Jinmu in Nara, as well as that of his late great-grandfather, wartime emperor Hirohito, in the Tokyo suburbs.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Known for conservative positions such as revising the pacifist constitution, Takaichi is a regular visitor to the Yasukuni shrine to honour Japan's war dead, viewed by Beijing and others as a symbol of past militarism.
—Kaori Kaneko, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
At the time, the Czech capital still held traces of Kafka’s era; now, Prague serves almost like a shrine to the author, with an official museum and several monuments around town, which range from iconic to kitsch in her view.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
The rituals also include his visits early next week to Ise, Japan’s top Shinto shrine, the mausoleum of the mythical first emperor Jinmu in Nara, as well as that of his late great-grandfather, wartime emperor Hirohito, in the Tokyo suburbs.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrine
sanctuary
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The bewildering story of John Bender, a young Wall Street genius whose dream of life in a mansion sanctuary in the Costa Rican jungle turned sour, is set to launch as a podcast.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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This year, in conjunction with the Maison 50th anniversary, Armani beauty leveled up at the Venice Film Festival with the Giorgio Armani Cinema Club, an exclusive sanctuary of film and glamour for industry leaders, artists, actors and creatives.—
Cat Cardenas,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Shrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrine. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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