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China Daily | Updated: 2014-09-27 08:34
The annual event in the China-Japan relationship (2005-2013)
Oct 11, 2005
Then-Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi made his fifth pilgrimage during his premiership to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Class-A convicted war criminals from World War II. The move sunk bilateral ties to a record low at that time.
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