Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - A woman passing by JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo picks up a copy of an extra reporting on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15. The headline reads: Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to visit the shrine on the anniversary of the end of the war in 21 years.

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