Group sues Koizumi over visits to Yasukuni Shrine

Group sues Koizumi over visits to Yasukuni Shrine

OSAKA, Japan - Some bereaved relatives of indigenous Taiwanese speak at a news conference in Osaka on Feb. 17. The relatives are part of a group, comprising 236 people, that filed a damages suit in Osaka the same day against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese government and Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo over Koizumi's visits to the war-related shrine.

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