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404269 01: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) is escorted to the main sanctuary of the Yasukuni Shrine by a Shinto priest (R) to pay his respects April 21, 2002 in central Tokyo, Japan. The shrine is a controversial house of worship because 14 class-A Japanese war criminals are enshrined there as well as other Japanese war dead. (Photo by Getty Images)

404269 01: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) is escorted to the main sanctuary of the Yasukuni Shrine by a Shinto priest (R) to pay his respects April 21, 2002 in central Tokyo, Japan. The shrine is a controversial house of worship because 14 class-A Japanese war criminals are enshrined there as well as other Japanese war dead. (Photo by Getty Images)