Of the 2,466,532 people contained in the shrine 's '' Book of Souls '' , 1,068 were convicted of war crimes by a post-World War II court . Of those , 14 are convicted Class A war criminals ( " crime against peace " ) . The war crimes tribunals were carried out by the IMTFE , which comprised the victors of World War II including Australia , Canada , China , France , India , Netherlands , New Zealand , Philippines , United Kingdom , United States , and the Soviet Union
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Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine