During talks between the respective Foreign Ministers, Ban Ki-moon, the South Korean minister has expressed doubt that his country's President would be able to visit Japan due to opinion regarding Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine . The Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister described the prospects for such a visit as "grim". Ban is currently on a visit for talks with his Japanese counterpart, Nobutaka Machimura where he said that the "people of South Korea were disappointed" at the Koizumi's visit to the controversial shrine.
During talks between the respective Foreign Ministers, Ban Ki-moon, the South Korean minister has expressed doubt that his country's President would be able to visit Japan due to opinion regarding Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to the . The Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister described the prospects for such a visit as "grim". Ban is currently on a visit for talks with his Japanese counterpart, where he said that the "people of South Korea were disappointed" at the Koizumi's visit to the controversial shrine.
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Yasukuni Shrine
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Nobutaka Machimura