An exhibition at the National Academy, "David Smith: Two Into Three Dimensions," highlights his techniques, which included executing his sculptures with welded steel and painting on metal.
(The belated comment of Uganda's church on a government bill that had included executing homosexuals was that homosexuality was not "a human right").
Nearly 2.5 million war dead, including executed war criminals, are worshiped at the shrine as deities.
The Yasukuni Shrine honors about 2.5 million Japanese war dead, including executed criminals like the war-era Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.
He was a voice for the Japanese right and a loyal supporter of Yasukuni, a contentious Tokyo shrine that honors war dead, including executed war criminals.
Mr. Abe had refused to say clearly for days whether he would go to the Shinto shrine, which honors the nation's war dead, including executed war criminals.
Two years ago, nationalist protests prompted some theaters to cancel screenings of a documentary by a Chinese filmmaker on the Yasukuni shrine, a contentious war memorial that honors Japan's war dead, including executed war criminals.
Such disagreements between Japan and its neighbors have quieted from the early 2000s, when Junichiro Koizumi, then prime minister, angered many in China and South Korea by visiting the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, which honors Japan's war dead, including executed war criminals.
Yasukuni, which enshrines 2.5 million war dead, including executed war criminals, has been the target of criticism from China and South Korea, who suffered from Japan's Second World War atrocities and aggression.
The Shabab are known for a violent brand of rule that includes executing their perceived enemies or performing crude amputations on them.
