Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi alights from his car to pay homage at Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. Koizumi honored his five-year-old campaign pledge to go there on the Aug. 15 anniversary before stepping down as premier in September.

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