Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi indicated Friday he does not plan to visit Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on or around Aug. 15, the date of Japan's World War II surrender.

But two members of his Cabinet said the same day they will pay a visit to the shrine on the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.

"There is no change," Koizumi told reporters at his office when asked if his position has changed from 2002. That position was issued after his April 21, 2002, shrine visit, to address the criticism from China and South Korea -- which see Yasukuni as a symbol of Japan's militarist past -- after his first visit as prime minister on Aug. 13, 2001.