TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a Tokyo shrine for the war dead are not the subject of widespread criticism among U.S. lawmakers, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday.
In the latest sign of controversy over the prime minister's shrine visits, a senior U.S. lawmaker said in a letter that Koizumi's visits to the Yasukuni shrine raised questions about his suitability to speak to the U.S. Congress.
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