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I told him that, if he visited Yasukuni, all he would see is a piece of paper with a list of the war dead.

Mr Koizumi's decisions to visit Yasukuni seem to have been emotional.

Somehow, the war criminals enshrined at Yasukuni will have to be removed, even though the shrine has private status.

Mr Abe would back away from Mr Koizumi's pledge to visit Yasukuni without appearing to kowtow to China, he said.

But if Mr Abe at least stays away from the Yasukuni shrine, Mr Hu will feel that his ostracism of Mr Koizumi has paid off.

Mr Abe has not visited Yasukuni, where Japan's war dead and a handful of convicted war criminals are enshrined.

It is in recent years, major Japanese politicians to the Yasukuni Shrine issue of a rare critical conversation.

Mr Aso has also floated what he says are long-term solutions to the diplomatic controversy over the Yasukuni shrine.

The biggest cause of the chilling in relations between the two countries is Mr Koizumi's annual visits to Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's annual visits to a Tokyo war shrine (Yasukuni) routinely draw fierce protests from China.

Of the two main contenders, Yasuo Fukuda wants to mend relations with China by, among other things, drawing the Yasukuni sting.

But after the war, the Japanese right-wing forces and the Japanese government still continue to visit Yasukuni Shrine.

Several of those honor that *(honored at the Yasukuni Shrine) were found guilty of war crimes during World War Two.

Mr Abe, a regular Yasukuni-goer before he became prime minister, has sought to protect his grandfather's name.

However, former Japanese Prime Ministers Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzo Abe visited Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday morning.

Yasuo Fukuda has been actively advocating to build an additional facility, as a memorial to replace Yasukuni Shrine war victims facilities.

Someone told me there, r also other Japanese soldiers, memorial tablets in Yasukuni Shrine, i say they also were murderers in WWII.

He has also been a regular visitor to Yasukuni.

"Yasukuni is clearly the red line for China, " said Gerald Curtis, professor of international studies at Columbia University.

At Yasukuni, I found myself participating in the ceremony with them: an unprecedented opportunity to record their historic visit.

But China has been refusing to talk to Mr Koizumi since his last visit to the Yasukuni shrine in October.

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This, the biggest upsurge of anti-Japanese unrest in years, was sparked by a visit by Mr Koizumi to Yasukuni.

He says the prime minister is unlikely to visit the Yasukuni shrine that honours Japan's war dead, including Class A war criminals.

Yasukuni Shrine is the spiritual pillar of Japanese militarist aggression and expansion.

He has called for warmer relations with Japan's close neighbours, including China, and has expressed his opposition to visiting Yasukuni.

Reported that Ishihara attended a 15 day "war dead memorial service" , the straight to the Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage.

He has long criticised politicians' visits to Yasukuni and believes that good relations with Japan's Asian neighbours are paramount.

But Chinahas been refusing to talk to Mr Koizumi since his last visit to the Yasukuni shrine in October.

The Yasukuni shrine honours many warriors from Japan's history with unsullied reputations.

Yasukuni Shrine where the Japanese class-A criminals of WWII are remembered.

But most also wanted the prime minister to visit Yasukuni, Tokyo's militarist shrine, on remembrance day.

The Yasukuni issue is unlikely to go away when Koizumi quits his post next month.

Q: Could you comment on some Japanese congressmen paying tribute to the Yasukuni Shrine?

The lawmakers paid tribute to Japan's war dead Monday at the Yasukuni Shrine's spring festival.

Mr Fukuda has pleased Beijing by pledging not to visit Yasukuni.

A: China's position on the issue of the Yasukuni Shrine remains unchanged.

Will Premier Wen press Abe to make commitment of not visiting the Yasukuni Shrine?

According to the survey, near half of Japanese held objections to the Prime Ministers trip to Yasukuni Shrine.

What concerns the Chinese most are historical issues, visits by Japanese officials to Yasukuni Shrine, and the Nanjing Massacre.

A: China's position on the Yasukuni Shrine issue is consistent and clear.

The past five prime ministers have avoided visits to Yasukuni shrine, a site honoring Japan's war dead.

The last prime minister to offer a masakaki to Yasukuni was Yasuhiro Nakasone in 1985.

China and South Korea have both refused to hold summits with Japan in the past because of the Yasukuni shrine visits.

Mr Fukuda is a "friend of China" who stresses warm relations with Japan's neighbours. He does not visit Yasukuni.

C5631 has been displayed at Yasukuni Jinsha, Tokyo. This locomotive was sent back from Thailand after the World War II.

"The Yasukuni shrine issue is an important and sensitive political issue in China-Japan relations, " the Chinese foreign ministry, said.

Jianzhong Yasukuni first year (1102), in addition to sub-prefect Privy Council matter.

Shinzo Abe, who is almost certain to succeed Mr Koizumi, has so far refused to clarify his current stance on Yasukuni.

And Japanese prime ministers have paid visits to the Yasukuni Shrine which honors not only the country's war dead but also war criminals.

Last year, a group of 81 lawmakers visited the shrine during the same season, when Yasukuni celebrates a three-day spring festival.

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