Families of Taiwan war dead to protest against Yasukuni enshrinement

Families of Taiwan war dead to protest against Yasukuni enshrinement

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan lawmaker Kao Chin Su-mei speaks at a press conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on Aug. 9. Kao Chin said that dozens of family members of the war dead from Taiwan will visit Japan on Aug. 12 to protest Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine and the enshrinement of their kin along with convicted 14 Japanese Class-A war criminals.

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