South Korea and China both lodged strong protests when Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited Yasukuni, which honors Class-A war criminals among the remembered dead, on Tuesday.

• 日本首相小泉纯一郎周二参拜了供奉有甲级战犯和其他被纪念的死者的靖国神社。对此，韩国和中国都提出了强烈抗议。