TOKYO (Reuters) - 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 a Tokyo shrine for war dead, pilgrimages all but certain to anger China and South Korea.
But in a nod to the emotive nature of the Aug. 15 date, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was expected to refrain from paying his respects at Yasukuni shrine, where convicted war criminals are honoured along with Japan's 2.5 million war dead.
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