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Panelists at the May 23 trilateral symposium were sharply divided over the issue of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine, which has in recent years become a symbol of the emotionally charged debate between Japan and China.
But some of the participants had at least one common view -- that both countries need to do something about their modern history education.