(3)Koizumi's Yasukuni visits ruled unconstitutional

(3)Koizumi's Yasukuni visits ruled unconstitutional

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks into his office April 7 as the Fukuoka District Court ruled that his visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo are unconstitutional. The premier told reporters later he thinks the ruling is ''irrational'' and ''does not understand'' why his visits there are unconstitutional.

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