Archive - Aug 15, 2006

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Japanese PM Visits War Shrine
A visit today by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to a Tokyo shrine that commemorates the Japanese dead from World War II has sparked outrage in a number of Asian countries. The shrine is controversial because it houses the remains of 14 convicted war criminals. Koizumi's past visits to the Yasukuni shrine has damaged relations with regional countries that bore the brunt of Japan's military expansionism in the 1930s and 40s. The governments of China and South Korea have both summoned the Japanese ambassadors to their respective capitals in response. Today's visit falls on the anniversary of Japan's 1945 surrender to Allied Forces.

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