Kato urges Koizummi to move up date of shrine visit

Kato urges Koizummi to move up date of shrine visit

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters following his three-hour meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi late Aug. 11. Kato said he asked Koizumi to move up the date of his planned visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.

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