http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/japan.warshrine.ap/index.html
Most in nation say PM should not visit controversial war memorial
Monday, July 24, 2006 Posted: 0243 GMT (1043 HKT)
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- More than half of Japanese don't want their next prime minister to visit a Tokyo war shrine at the center of a diplomatic row with China, according to two newspaper polls published Monday.
A survey in the Mainichi newspaper showed 54 percent of 1,065 respondents felt that whoever replaces Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi -- who is set to step down in September -- should not visit Yasukuni Shrine. Another 33 percent supported the visits, while the remaining 17 percent were undecided, the July 22-23 poll found.
Most in nation say PM should not visit controversial war memorial
Monday, July 24, 2006 Posted: 0243 GMT (1043 HKT)
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- More than half of Japanese don't want their next prime minister to visit a Tokyo war shrine at the center of a diplomatic row with China, according to two newspaper polls published Monday.
A survey in the Mainichi newspaper showed 54 percent of 1,065 respondents felt that whoever replaces Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi -- who is set to step down in September -- should not visit Yasukuni Shrine. Another 33 percent supported the visits, while the remaining 17 percent were undecided, the July 22-23 poll found.
