China announces Japanese PM trip

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Source: BBC

China has confirmed that Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso will make an official visit next week - his first to Beijing since taking office in September.

It comes despite recent Chinese criticism of Mr Aso for sending a gift to a shrine where some Japanese World War II criminals are buried.

China believes the Yasukuni shrine to millions of war dead glorifies Japan's militarist past.

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Repeated visits by Junichiro Koizumi caused anger in South Korea and China, where there remains a widely-held conviction that Tokyo has not atoned properly for its war-time crimes.



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