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TOKYO - Rookie lawmakers from Japan 's ruling party visited a controversial war shrine on Friday and urged Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to pay homage there on August 15 , the anniversary of Japan 's defeat in World War Two.The visit by Japanese lawmakers to Yasukuni shrine , seen by critics as a symbol of Tokyo 's past militarism , came at a time when Japan remains locked in disputes with China and South Korea over issues stemming mainly from Tokyo 's wartime atrocities . China may block Japan deals over shrine visitsBy J Sean Curtin Japan could lose about US $ 25 billion in two enormous contracts - a bullet train and an international thermonuclear fusion reactor - because Chinese public opinion is inflamed by what it sees as Tokyo 's resurgent militarism and four defiant visits by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to a war shrine . Jaafari met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to discuss Iraq 's political and economic conditions and Japan 's assistance to Iraqi reconstruction .