S. Korean envoy expresses regret over Koizumi shrine visit

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Choi Sang Yong (R) shakes hands with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 14. The envoy expressed regret at Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit the previous day to Yasukuni Shrine honoring Japan's war dead as well as war criminals.

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