Koizumi repeats pledge to visit Yasukuni

Koizumi repeats pledge to visit Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi answers opposition questions during a session of the House of Coucillors Budget Committee on May 30. Koizumi repeated he will visit Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, a monument to Japan's war dead, as premier despite concerns expressed by Japan's Asian neighbors.

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