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...That attitude has conservationists rallying to save the whales all over again. Australian Prime Minister John Howard last month sent a plea directly to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, though it had little effect. Australian newspapers have run story after fevered story on the barbarity of Japanese whaling. "People feel a lot of empathy toward them here," says Beynon of HSI, which unsuccessfully sued to stop Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters claimed by Australia. (It's appealing the decision.) Though Japanese fishing officials say more common whale species should be managed like any other marine resource, environmental groups argue that...
...think it is the holy souls enshrined at Yasukuni that are experiencing the saddest feelings by seeing this kind of situation." RYUTARO HASHIMOTO, former Prime Minister of Japan, who along with four other former leaders last week denounced Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's continued visits to the controversial war shrine...
Thawing relations between China and Japan were last week flash-frozen again after Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi snubbed Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi by canceling their meeting at the last minute; China later noted that Koizumi's recent comments on visiting the Yasukuni Shrine to honor Japan's war dead made "it unfavorable to the healthy development of Sino-Japanese relations." Here's how a single shrine continues to keep Asia's two powerhouses at odds...
...flap start? Japanese leaders have made private pilgrimages to Yasukuni without causing a fuss, but in 1985, Yasuhiro Nakasone became the first Prime Minister to visit the shrine in an official capacity, prompting outcry from other Asian nations. his successors avoided official visits for the next 16 years, until Koizumi came to power promising to resume them?which he has done, visiting the shrine each year since 2001. China, along with other Asian countries invaded during World War II, insists that for Japan's leader to visit a shrine where the war's masterminds are worshipped as gods...
...What happens now? In the interest of harmony, China and Japan have begun to tone down their disparaging comments. And there are some calls in Japan's ruling coalition to start from scratch with a new memorial. Meanwhile, Koizumi hasn't visited the shrine yet this year?but insists that regardless of whether or not he does, it will be a domestic issue...