Koizumi again blames China, S. Korea for lack of summit talks

Koizumi again blames China, S. Korea for lack of summit talks

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Dec. 14. Koizumi again put the blame on China and South Korea for refusing to hold a bilateral or trilateral summit with him because of his visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine. ''I don't understand the desire to criticize one citizen, the prime minister, for visiting a facility of his own country...to pay respects to the war dead,'' he said.

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