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Junichiro Koizumi was dressed to the nines for his last visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, because if you're going to be the center of international controversy, you might as well look good. Wearing a formal tuxedo jacket with coattails, the Japanese Prime Minister arrived at Yasukuni, where WWII-era war criminals are enshrined along with 2.5 million Japanese war dead, at 7:40 on Tuesday morning - 61 years after Japan surrendered to end World War II. He followed a white-robed Shinto priest into the shrine's inner hall, worshipped briefly and departed, the entire 10-minute visit carried...
Japanese Gesture A shrine visit could mean trouble PM Junichiro Koizumi's likely visit this week to the Yasukuni shrine honoring Japan's war dead may create more strain with South Korea and China, who see it as an homage to Japanese atrocities...
...Hawks and Kangaroos Re "After Koizumi" [July 3]: you reported that Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe is known as a hawk and has even questioned the validity of the post-World War II Tokyo Tribunals war-crimes trials. I strongly support his position. Japan was forced to accept the judgments of the Tokyo Tribunals, a kangaroo court set up by the Allied forces as an act of revenge against Japan. It is high time that Japan declare it is not bound by the Tokyo Tribunals. Misao Nakaya Naha, Japan...
...TIME said, "When Koizumi steps down in September, Japanese politics will lose a little spark." There's always darkness after a spark dies out, and there will surely be a political lull after Koizumi's departure. It remains to be seen how soon his successor will be able to bring things back to life. K. Chidanand Kumar Bangalore, India...
...have been a supporter of Koizumi's since before he became Prime Minister. I always found his way of speaking easy to understand and his manner appealing. Koizumi made Japanese politics interesting. I bid him a fond farewell and hope that his successor will continue his reforms. Yoshie Saito Furano, Japan...