XINHUA online CHINA VIEW VIEW CHINA   Breaking News                                                                                 - - Investment - Bidding - - -     News     Koizumi rejects pressure over new war memorial www.chinaview.cn 2005-06-21 20:22:02     TOKYO, June 21 (Xinhuanet) --Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday he will not be affected by Chinese and South Korean protests over his visits to Yasukuni Shrine when he considers whether to set up a new war memorial.     "I t is something Japan will consider on its own," Koizumi told reporters at his office when asked if he thinks creating a new war memorial would help ease criticisms from Japan's Asian neighbors over the issue.     The government will take various public views over the envisaged war memorial into consideration, he said.     Chief Cabinet Secre

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