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PYONGYANG, Aug 16 (Xinhua) -- The official news agency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday blasted the Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, saying such a move was designed to attempt to justify Japan's history of aggression.
The visit attempted to "justify the history of the aggression and crimes committed by Japan against those countries in the past and honor the departed souls of the militarists," said the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
NEW YORK, Aug 15 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. media reported
widely on the protests against Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's
Tuesday visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which honors war criminals. saying
the move has blemished his last days in office.
The Chinese language daily The China Press dedicated a whole page to the
shrine visit. The headline, which came with a photo showing Chinese protesters
outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing, slammed the Japanese Prime Minister's
disregard of the feelings of the peoples of China and South Korea.
SINGAPORE, Aug 16 (Xinhua) -- An editorial in Singapore's
Lianhe Zaobao said on Wednesday that Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's
visit to the Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday was provocative to the countries, which
fell victim to Japan's aggression during World War II.
There has been no doubt about the political and diplomatic sensitiveness of
the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's World War II criminals, the article
said, adding that an official visit by any Japanese leader represents the
recognition of Japanese militarism.
BEIJING, Aug 15 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday paid a visit to a notorious Tokyo war shrine which
honors Japan's World War II criminals, arousing sharp criticism from home and
abroad.
It is his sixth visit to the Yasukuni Shrine since
taking office in 2001, and its impact was heightened by its timing on Aug 15,
Japan's World War II surrender day.
The visit met immediately sharp criticism from some
Asian countries, which endured great pain of Japan's aggression during the war.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing
(1st R) talks with Japanese Ambassador to China Miyamoto Yuji in Beijing,
China, on Aug. 15, 2006. Li Zhaoxing lodged serious and solemn
representations, and strong protests against Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi's sixth visit to the war criminals-honoring Yasukuni
Shrine.Xinhua Photo)
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Foreign ministry statement on
Koizumi's shrine visit
BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry
issued a statement here Tuesday, strongly protesting Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi's visit again to the war criminals-honoring Yasukuni Shrine.
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ROK's Vice Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan (R) talks
with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Shotaro Oshima during their
meeting in Seoul August 15, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- South Korean government Tuesday
expressed "deep disappointment and anger" over Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.
PYONGYANG, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK) has demanded Japan pay for the crimes it committed
during its colonial rule on the Korean Peninsula, according to a leading
official newspaper on Tuesday.
JAKARTA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The repeated visits to a
shrine, by the Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, could hamper efforts
in maintaining peace in Northeast Asia, the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister
Hassan Wirajuda said on Tuesday.
SINGAPORE, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Singapore said on Tuesday, the repeated visits by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to a war shrine, would hamper closer relations and cooperation in East Asia.
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