 | A Japanese couple looks at paper lanterns during Mitama Festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo July 13, 2006. Over 29,000 lanterns light up the precincts of the shrine where more than 2.4 million war-dead are enshrined during the four-day festival. click to open  |
 | 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 |
 | Hong Kong residents protests outside Japanese Embassy Oct 17 2005 after Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine which 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 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 |
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