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Koizumi remains firm on shrine visit
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-09-05 10:40 Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
indicated his firm determination Sunday to continue his controversial annual
visits to Yasukuni Shrine, the Japan times reported.
Japanese Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks atop a campaign van in Tokyo September
4, 2005.[Reuters] | There should be no outside influence, referring to China and Japan, on a
matter involving his personal desire to pay tribute to the war dead, said
Koizumi during a series of TV appearances ahead of the Sept. 11 general
election, according to the report.
"He will make an "appropriate" decision on the timing," said the report.
Koizumi, who is also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic
Party, made annual visits to the Tokyo shrine, which honors Class-A war
criminals alongside the war dead, since coming to power, angering both China and
South Korea.
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