JAPAN : Premier Incurs Anger of Chinese
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Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto drew harsh criticism from China for his visit to a controversial shrine in Tokyo honoring Japanese killed in World War II--as well as several men executed as war criminals. “The way Prime Minister Hashimoto worshiped hurt the feelings of all the people from every country . . . which suffered under the hands of Japanese militarists,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
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