Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi adjusts his headphones as he listens to a reporter's question at a news conference in Kuala Lumpur December 14, 2005. Under fire from China and South Korea for his visits to a Tokyo war shrine, Koizumi said there must be some misunderstanding and that he did not understand the criticism. "I go to the Yasukuni shrine to express my feelings that we should never stage war again reflecting on World War Two, and at the same time, to pay respects for those who lost their lives on the battlefield," he said. REUTERS/Eriko Sugita