Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors wave flags as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is driven off after visiting Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15.

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