 | Japanese Shinto priests walk through an inner sanctum at Yasukuni Shrine during an autumn festival in Tokyo October 18, 2005. Some 200 Japanese lawmakers paid their respects at the shrine for the war dead, one day after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi outraged China and South Korea by visiting the shrine, seen by critics at home and abroad as a symbol of Japan's past militarism. click to open  |
 | Japanese Shinto priests walk up to Yasukuni Shrine in a morning ritual, during an autumn festival in Tokyo October 18, 2005. Some 200 Japanese lawmakers paid their respects at the shrine for the war dead, one day after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi outraged China and South Korea by visiting the shrine seen by critics at home and abroad as a symbol of Japan's past militarism. click to open |
 | Japanese Shinto priests holding up paper umbrellas bow in a ritual, during an autumn festival at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine October 18, 2005. Some 200 Japanese lawmakers paid their respects at the shrine for war dead, one day after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi outraged China and South Korea by visiting the shrine seen by critics at home and abroad as a symbol of Japan's past militarism. click to open |
 | Robed Japanese Shinto priests holding up paper umbrellas are aligned in a ritual, during an autumn festival at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine October 18, 2005. Some 200 Japanese lawmakers paid their respects at the shrine for the war dead, one day after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi outraged China and South Korea by visiting the shrine seen by critics at home and abroad as a symbol of Japan's past militarism. click to open |
 | Japanese Shinto priests walk through the grounds of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, in an autumn festival, October 18, 2005. Some 200 Japanese lawmakers paid their respects at the shrine for the war dead, one day after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi outraged China and South Korea by visiting the shrine seen by critics at home and abroad as a symbol of Japan's past militarism. click to open |
 | A Shinto priest leads Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Tsutomu Takebe (2nd-R) and fellow lawmakers as they visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo October 18, 2005. Some 200 Japanese lawmakers paid their respects at the shrine for war dead, one day after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi outraged China and South Korea by visiting the shrine, a spokesman for the shrine said. click to open |
 | Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine during an autumn festival in Tokyo October 18, 2005. His official visit outraged China and South Korea as it is seen by critics at home and abroad as a symbol of Japan's past militarism. click to open |
 | Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine during an autumn festival in Tokyo October 18, 2005. His official visit outraged China and South Korea as it is seen by critics at home and abroad as a symbol of Japan's past militarism. click to open |
 | Japanese marched in WWII uniforms at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo August 15, 2005 on the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two. At least two Japanese cabinet ministers were set to mark the 60th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War Two on Monday with visits to the shrine for the war dead, pilgrimages all but certain to anger China and South Korea. click to open |
 | Japanese marched in WWII uniforms at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo August 15, 2005 on the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two. At least two Japanese cabinet ministers were set to mark the 60th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War Two on Monday with visits to the shrine for the war dead, pilgrimages all but certain to anger China and South Korea. click to open |
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