To the Editor : Re '' Pointless Provocation in Tokyo '' -LRB- editorial , Oct. 18 -RRB- , about Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi 's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine : Mr. Koizumi 's visit was not to worship the Class A war criminals who were given the verdict of guilty by the International Tribunal for the Far East , to glorify Japan 's past militarism , or to accommodate right-wing nationalists .