Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, right, looks up at photos of victims of the Nazi Holocaust, accompanied by the museum's director Avner Shalev, during a visit to the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, second left, offers a wreath of floors as the museum's director Avner Shalev, third left, looks on during a visit to the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Others are unidentified. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi wearing Jewish kippah pays respects near the eternal flame, commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazi Holocaust, during his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Koizumi arrived in Israel on Tuesday, the first Japanese leader to come here in 11 years, to bolster Japan's position in the Middle East as it withdraws its troops from an unprecedented mission in Iraq. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, third from right, looks at a memorial tree for Japanese Chiune Sugihara, who issued the visas that saved 6,000 Jews, during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers a speech following his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Koizumi arrived in Israel on Tuesday, the first Japanese leader to come here in 11 years, to bolster Japan's position in the Middle East as it withdraws its troops from an unprecedented mission in Iraq. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi arrives for a visit at the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Koizumi arrived in Israel on Tuesday, the first Japanese leader to come here in 11 years, to bolster Japan's position in the Middle East as it withdraws its troops from an unprecedented mission in Iraq. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, center look at the a model of the Yad Vashem Museum, during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers a speech following his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Koizumi arrived in Israel on Tuesday, the first Japanese leader to come here in 11 years, to bolster Japan's position in the Middle East as it withdraws its troops from an unprecedented mission in Iraq. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the end of a press conference at the Prime Minister's house in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Koizumi arrived in Israel on Tuesday, the first Japanese leader to visit Israel in 11 years, in order to enhance Japan's position in the Middle East. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at a press conference at the Prime Minister's house in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Koizumi arrived in Israel on Tuesday, the first Japanese leader to visit Israel in 11 years, in order to enhance Japan's position in the Middle East. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at a press conference at the Prime Minister's house in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Koizumi arrived in Israel on Tuesday, the first Japanese leader to visit Israel in 11 years, in order to enhance Japan's position in the Middle East. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at a press conference at the Prime Minister's house in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Koizumi arrived in Israel on Tuesday, the first Japanese leader to visit Israel in 11 years, in order to enhance Japan's position in the Middle East. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at a press conference at the Prime Minister's house in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Koizumi arrived in Israel on Tuesday, the first Japanese leader to visit Israel in 11 years, in order to enhance Japan's position in the Middle East. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at a press conference at the Prime Minister's house in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Koizumi arrived in Israel on Tuesday, the first Japanese leader to visit Israel in 11 years, in order to enhance Japan's position in the Middle East. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90

Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R), and Israel 's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L), review honour guards before talks at the Israeli Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on July 12, 2006. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90