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Japan PM Koizumi visits war shrine

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-08-15 09:17
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            Japan PM Koizumi visits war shrine

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd L) is led by a Shinto priest (R) as he visits Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine August 15, 2006. Koizumi paid his respects at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni shrine for war dead on Tuesday, the anniversary of his country's World War Two surrender, a parting shot sure to enrage neighbours China and South Korea. [Reuters]