Court rejects suit over Koizumi, Ishihara visits to Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on April 26 rejected a damages suit by about 1,000 people, including South Koreans, who said visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara were unconstitutional. Photo shows plaintiffs entering the court.

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