Paying Homage to Those Who Were Killed in Action

Koizumi Junichiro, Japanese prime minister, is praying in silence at `National Mourning Ceremony for those killed in action` held in Butokan close to Tokyo Yasukuni Temple on August 15 (Memorial day of the failure in WW II), which Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko and other are paying attention to. Junichiro acknowledged that Japan was the main body to have inflicted atrocities onto Asia people in the past.