Coalition partners urge Koizumi not to visit shrine

Coalition partners urge Koizumi not to visit shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Three secretaries general of the ruling coalition parties -- Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party (L), Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (C) and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party -- are surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo after their talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. They met Koizumi in a last-ditch effort to dissuade him from visiting Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15.

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