Protesters carry placards outside the Japanese consulate in Hong Kong
August 13, 2001 during a protest against Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. Koizumi on
Monday paid homage at the controversial Shinto shrine for war dead,
where war criminals are also enshrined, a move that risked satisfying
none of his critics at home and abroad.

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