Chinese envoy urges Koizumi to reconsider Yasukuni visit

Chinese envoy urges Koizumi to reconsider Yasukuni visit

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) shakes hands with outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Japan Chen Jian in Tokyo on June 25. Chen urged Koizumi to ''think carefully'' about visiting Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, a controversial memorial to Japan's war dead, on the Aug. 15 anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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