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China, S. Korea scrap Japan talks after Shrine visit
(bloomberg.com)
Updated: 2005-10-17 19:49

Yearly Visits

The prime minister has gone to the shrine every year since taking office in 2001. Today he didn't add his title next to Yasukuni's visitor log, unlike in years past, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported. He used a government car and was surrounded by staff and security.

``The Yasukuni Shrine problem is a bottleneck to progress in relations with the rest of Asia,'' said Seiji Maehara, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, in an interview in Tokyo this month. ``The inability to form a comprehensive relationship for cooperation is a big problem for Mr. Koizumi.''

In Beijing, police cordoned off a street running in front of the Japanese Embassy today, allowing in reporters and a group of about 10 protesters. The demonstrators shouted slogans such as ``down with Japanese militarism.''

``Koizumi continues to visit the Yasukuni shrine in a bid to revive Japanese militarism,'' said Zhang Jianyong, one of the protesters. ``We Chinese are peaceful by nature but aren't afraid of war if it's necessary to protect us from Japanese militarism.''

Zhang, who said he represents ordinary Chinese angry about Koizumi's visit, handed a letter of protest to two embassy officials, who met the protesters outside of the embassy's gate.
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