S. Koreans stage sit-in protest at Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - A group of South Koreans launch a sit-in protest Aug. 11 at a Tokyo Shinto shrine honoring Japan's war dead as well as war criminals, demanding Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi cancel his planned visit to the shrine. The nine-member group, from a South Korean association of bereaved families of military personnel and civilian employees of the Japanese military who died during World War II, plans to continue the protest through Aug. 15, the 56th anniversary of Japan's surrender.

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