Mr Koizumi always kept the first part of his promise, but only this week fulfilled the second.In formal morning coat and preceded by a Shinto priest, he spent only ten minutes at the shrine.

• 一直以来小泉只是做到了每年参拜，而直到这星期的8月15日，身着正式礼服的小泉在神官引导下完成了参拜仪式，他的诺言才算是全部兑现。