The suspect posted a video on social media showing his subway journey to the site and how, once there, he pretended to urinate on the monument and painted the word "toilet" in red paint.
The man, who calls himself "Iron Head", posted the images on a Chinese video-sharing app and received praise from other users.
"Is there nothing we can do about the Japanese government's release of contaminated water into the ocean?" said the author of the video, in what is understood to be a protest against the release of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which suffered an accident in 2011 after an earthquake in the Pacific.
According to Japanese news agency Kyodo, the authorities used a nearby surveillance camera to identify the perpetrator and issued arrest warrants for two other Chinese citizens, although they were no longer in Japan.
Yasukuni pays homage to those killed between the end of the 19th century and 1945, more than 2.4 million people, including 14 politicians and Imperial Army officers, convicted as class A war criminals after the Second World War.
No sitting Japanese head of government has visited the shrine since Shinzo Abe came to make the offering in December 2013, prompting criticism at home and abroad.
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