(2)Court rejects suit over Koizumi, Ishihara visits to Yasukuni

(2)Court rejects suit over Koizumi, Ishihara visits to Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - Two South Korean women shout their protest outside the Tokyo District Court on April 26 after the court rejected their damages suit in which they said visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara were unconstitutional. About 1,000 plaintiffs, including the Korean women, had demanded that Koizumi, Ishihara and the national and Tokyo metropolitan governments pay 30,000 yen to each claimant in compensation for damage caused by the visits.

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