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Japan's prime minister makes surprise visit to war shrine.
(From Agence France Presse)
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made a surprise New Year visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo commemorating the country's war dead.
The visit was met with an angry reaction from China and South Korea, which are among nations that suffered from Japan's war-time aggression.
China summoned the acting Japanese ambassador to make "solemn representations" and Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the visit could damage political ties, the Xinhua news agency reported.
South Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement: "It is really hard to understand that Japan's highest government official continues to pay homage to those war criminals."
"We cannot but express anger as well as anxiety as it hurt the feeling of our people again."
Dressed formally in "hakama" pleated skirt and traditional "kimono" bearing his family crest, Koizumi walked solemnly into the shrine, which was surrounded by hundreds of well-wishers to mark the New Year's Day.
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