China and Korea have already reacted to Prime Minister Koizumi’s visit by summoning their respective Japanese ambassadors.
Tag: Yasukuni Shrine
Japan’s response to shrine visit
Just one hour after his visit to the Yasukuni Shrine this morning (15 August 2006), which interupted all Japanese television, Prime Minister Koizumi called a press conference to explain his actions.
Meanings behind PM’s Yasukuni Shrine visit
Every year on August 15, East Asia steels itself for the possibility that Japan’s head-of-state will visit the Yasukuni Shinto Shrine, and in doing so, commemorate Japan’s war dead.
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