Visits
by Japanese Prime Ministers
to Yasukuni Shrine (1945-2005) |
1945 October 23/November 20 - Kijuuro Hidehara 1951 October 18 - Shigeru Yoshida 1952 October 17 - Shigeru Yoshida 1953 April 23 Shigeru Yoshida 1954 April 24 Shigeru Yoshida 1957 April 25 - Nobusuke Kishi 1958 October 21 - Nobusuke Kishi 1960 October 18 - Hayato Ikeda 1961 June 18/November 15 - Hayato Ikeda 1962 November 04 - Hayato Ikeda 1963 September 22 - Hayato Ikeda 1965 April 21 - Eisaku Satoh 1966 April 21 - Eisaku Satoh 1967 April 22 - Eisaku Satoh 1968 April 23 - Eisaku Satoh 1969 April 22/October 18 - Eisaku Satoh 1970 April 23/October 17 - Eisaku Satoh 1971 April 22/October 22 - Eisaku Satoh 1972 April 22 - Eisaku Satoh; July 8 - Kakuei Tanaka 1973 April 23/October 18 - Kakuei Tanaka 1974 April 23/October 19 - Kakuei Tanaka 1975 April 22/August 15 - Takeo Miki 1976 October 18 - Takeo Miki 1977 April 22 - Takeo Fukuda 1978 April 22/August 15/Oct.18 - Takeo Fukuda 1979* April 21/October 18 - Masayuki Ohhira 1980 April 21 - Masayuki Ohhira; August 15/October 18 - Zenkou Suzuki 1981 April 21/August 15/October 17 - Zenkou Suzuki 1982 April 21/August 15/October 18 - Zenkou Suzuki 1983 April 21/August 15/October 18 - Yasuhiro Nakasone 1984 January 05/April 21/August 15/October 18 - Yasuhiro Nakasone 1985 January 21/April 22/August 15 - Yasuhiro Nakasone* 1996 July 29 - Ryutaro Hashimoto 2001 August 13 - Junichiro Koizumi 2002 April 21 - Junichiro Koizumi 2003 January 14 - Junichiro Koizumi 2004 January 1 - Junichiro Koizumi (19) |
*1979:After the revelation of the class A war criminals
enshrined in Yasukuni-jinja the emperor stops visiting.
* First visit to shrine to be officially recognized