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Ads by Google      Newfound support for Koizumi surfaces - Boston.com Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi received a surprise boost in public support, according to a poll released Tuesday, and said he expected his fractured party to prevail in the elections he called after his economic plan was rejected. TOKYO --Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi received a surprise boost in public support, according to a poll released Tuesday, and said he expected his fractured party to prevail in the elections he called after his economic plan was rejected. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi bows deeply shortly after the lower house of Parliament was dissolved in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 8, 2005. http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/08/09/newfound_support_for_koizumi_surfaces   (428 words)      NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Junichiro Koizumi Junichiro Koizumi (小泉 純一郎 Koizumi Jun'ichirō, born January 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician and the 87th, and current, Prime Minister of Japan. In April 2000 Obuchi was replaced by Yoshiro Mori after falling seriously ill. Koizumi became leader of his party on his third attempt on April 24, 2001. Since Koizumi's appointment, he made a major change of cabinet member four times: September 2003, October 2003 and September 2004. http://pedia.nodeworks.com/J/JU/JUN/Junichiro_Koizumi   (1129 words)      Junichiro Koizumi and his cabinet Koizumi's father, Junya, served as Director General of the Defense Agency in the cabinet of Hayato Ikeda during the 1960s. Koizumi is considered a maverick although he has served 10 terms as a member of the House of Representatives. Koizumi presented his favorite plan to privatize the post office which helps to deliver the LDP’s organized rural vote through the influence of the chiefs of local post offices and their families. http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo18/koizumi_japan.htm   (2416 words)      NewsFromRussia.Com Japan's Koizumi reshuffles his Cabinet Koizumi was to name senior officials of his Liberal Democratic Party ahead of the reshuffle. Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was to announce a new Cabinet Monday, a move widely expected to signal his choices for a successor after his term ends next September. Koizumi was to announce a new Cabinet later Monday afternoon, a closely watched move expected to signal his choices for a successor after his term ends next September More details... http://newsfromrussia.com/politics/2005/10/31/66565.html   (1900 words)      Asia Times Online :: Japan News and Japanese Business and Economy Koizumi became prime minister in April 2001, and quickly used his personal popularity to take the LDP to a landslide victory in the July 2001 Upper House election and then later to a more modest win in the November 2003 Lower House election, which also witnessed impressive opposition gains. This forced Koizumi to declare that he would take a rejection of the bills by the upper chamber as a vote of no confidence in his administration and call an election. Another significant factor in the DPJ's favor is that the polls indicate that postal privatization is not considered a key issue among ordinary voters, suggesting that Koizumi does not have a vital campaign issue around which to rally the electorate to his side. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/GH09Dh01.html   (1658 words)      TIME.com: Junichiro Koizumi -- Page 1 Junichiro Koizumi is a career politician and a third-generation LDP man, the grandson of a former head of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and a former minister of Health and Welfare under the man he beat out in this election, Ryutaro Hashimoto. Koizumi, who likes to talk about changing Japanese elections to bypass the LDP machinery, started incurring factional wrath on his first day in office Friday with his old-guard-snubbing cabinet selections. The LDP hasn't lasted 46 years by listening to the whims of the Japanese voters, and the Japanese voters didn't keep the LDP in power for 46 years because they were much more eager than their politicians to endure the pain of real reform. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,107795,00.html   (874 words)      USATODAY.com - Koizumi will step down at end of term Koizumi, in his second term, has been one of Japan's longest-serving prime ministers. TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday that he will step down in September 2006 at the end of his term as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party even if his coalition wins upcoming elections. Earlier this month, Koizumi dissolved the lower house of Parliament and called elections after rebels in his own party helped the upper house reject legislation to privatize the postal service, the centerpiece of the premier's reformist program. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-08-22-japan-koizumi_x.htm   (337 words)      CBC News: Japan PM's war shrine visits ruled unconstitutional The government has argued that Koizumi's visits were as a private citizen, thereby not breaching the constitution. A Fukuoka court ruled that Koizumi's visits violated Japan's constitutional separation of state and religion. TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Wednesday that he would continue to visit a controversial religious shrine even though a court ruled his visits illegal. http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/07/world/japan040407   (376 words)      Japan postal reform comes to a head - Boston.com Koizumi defended the measure in Parliament on Tuesday, chastising opponents for shying away from what he considered a relatively modest reform. Koizumi has been pushing the privatization for years. It was a central plank in his platform when he became prime minister in 2001, and has been featured in major speeches since. http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/08/04/postal_reform_a_major_issue_in_japan   (970 words)      Koizumi's Party, Backing Reforms, Wins in Landslide - New York Times Koizumi had made his party more attractive to the same younger and urban voters who had handed the opposition Democratic Party victories in cities in previous elections. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi rejoicing with his Liberal Democratic Party Sunday night. "This election shows how Koizumi is in a league of his own in his political skills and media savvy," said Gerald Curtis, an expert on Japanese politics at Columbia University who is visiting Tokyo. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/12/international/asia/12japan.html?ex=1284177600&en=888e1bccc2c8e079&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (1050 words)      CNN.com - Koizumi visits Yasukuni war shrine - Oct 16, 2005 This is Koizumi's fifth visit to Yasukuni since taking office in 2001, and he has repeatedly insisted his visits to the shrine are to honor Japan's war dead, and not to promote militarism. Koizumi paid his respects at an autumn festival at the shrine, Cabinet spokesman Yu Kameoka told The Associated Press. The prime minister arrived in his official car and was accompanied by his secretary. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/16/shrine.koizumi   (469 words)      AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society Reformist Junichiro Koizumi has been elected the new Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president and will be named prime minister on April 26, 2001. This was a stunning upset as predictions saw former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who served between 1996 and 1998, winning because of his power base in the party. This Japan Times article discusses Koizumi's victory and moving forward with his reform agenda and launch a Cabinet free of the party's factional shackles. http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=49543   (1281 words)      Koizumi Landslide: The China Factor The new voters Koizumi courted at great lengths will not likely demonstrate the same loyalty as the LDP's old, pork-barrel politics-stuffed rural political base. This factor is important – and worrisome – because in order for the LDP to maintain its appeal to the whimsical and floating metropolitan voters it will need, it is likely that its leaders will increasingly feel pressured to raise the stakes of what a bold, style-oriented leader must be. By calling the elections following the rejection of his post-office privatization bill, Koizumi artfully framed the debate as between the pro-reform Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and his anti-reform opponents. http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=6271   (1423 words)      CNN.com - Koizumi landslide spurs market - Sep 13, 2005 Koizumi insists this is his last election, and he will step down as leader when his term as LDP president expires a year from now. He said the result stripped the LDP of many of the reactionary politicians of the past. He had promised to resign if his party lost. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/japan.election   (985 words)      Kayoko Miyamoto and Yoshinaga Miyamoto Before becoming Prime Minister, 36-year old Junichiro Koizumi (小泉純一郎) born January 8, 1942) married college coed Kayoko Miyamoto in 1978. Miyamoto, a 21 year old university senior, was the granddaughter of the founder of a major pharmaceutical company from Kamakura. Summary of Koizumi's political life with many personal details about his ex-wife and children. http://www.crnjapan.com/pexper/juk/en   (2382 words)      Scotsman.com News - International - 12 days to decide Japan's future The snap decision to dissolve the lower house of parliament was taken on 8 August, after the prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, was defeated over a structural reform bill, which would have privatised Japan's postal service, that he had made a cornerstone of his policy. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has been accused of running a single-issue campaign. Campaigning in western Tokyo, Mr Koizumi made it clear he intended to push ahead with post office privatisation if his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won the election. http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1867142005   (680 words)      Keyword Japanese voters were deciding Sunday whether Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has accomplished that task for his Liberal Democratic Party during elections for the 480 seats in the powerful lower house of Parliament. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is reportedly set to call an election for September 11, after parliament's upper house rejected one of his core reforms, a bid to privatise Japan's postal system. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi scored a political triumph Sunday...headed for a landslide win in an election touted as a referendum on his push to privatize Japan's cash-swollen postal system. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/k-koizumi/browse   (5390 words)      TOE - Archives Now that he is prime minister, the big question mark hanging over the head of Junichiro Koizumi is not so much about his intentions as his capabilities. Makiko Tanaka, Japan's first-ever female foreign minister, is the most controversial of all of Koizumi's appointments. Cabinet makers split: Koizumi's economic ministers are divided http://orientaleconomist.com/archives2001_05.html   (964 words)      Junichiro Koizumi News - The New York Times A court ruled that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi' s visits to a controversial war shrine violate Japan&; s Constitution. Koizumi Shuffles His Cabinet, Narrowing Field of Successors President Roh Moo Hyun of South Korea urged Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan to stop visiting a nationalistic Japanese war memorial. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/junichiro_koizumi?s=oldest&   (618 words)      The Long-Haired Henjin Who Could By June Thomas Japan's first unmarried prime minister since the 1950s, Koizumi raised his two sons as a single, divorced father. According to the Daily Telegraph, just hours after winning the leadership race, he declared himself in favor of revising the clause in the Japanese Constitution that renounces the right to wage war. Coming on the heels of Japan's controversial decision to grant a visa to former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui and protests over Japanese school textbooks that China and South Korea claim whitewash World War II atrocities, diplomatic affairs could provide Koizumi's first serious challenge. http://www.slate.com/id/105123   (819 words)      PopMatters Columns tjm Holden ReDotPop Cool Hand Koizumi? It is no exaggeration to say, then, that Koizumi only became prime minister — I'll rephrase that: no one becomes prime minister in Japan &; unless they have sat amidst the smoke of the back room and shined the shoes and fired up the stogies of all the old fogies of the cabal. So, too, it should be stated (as many LDP members have with surprise and dismay) that the next election required by law was set for two years hence. However, when the upper house failed to follow suit — and with many in his own party refusing to vote for privatization — Koizumi did something that many believed suicidal (not to mention illogical): he dissolved the lower house (which had voted to support postal privatization) and called for a snap election. http://popmatters.com/columns/holden/050923.shtml   (3572 words)      Putin, Koizumi Pledge to Boost Ties, Skip Isles Dispute - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi agreed Monday to increase security and economic cooperation despite the 60-year territorial row over the four Russian-held islands off northern Hokkaido. The two sides will discuss further details via diplomatic channels, but a ministry official said Koizumi is likely to make the visit when he attends the Group of Eight summit to be held in Saint Petersburg in July. The trip is Putin& first visit to Japan since September 2000 but the positions of both nations on the territorial row remain too far apart to make any significant progress. http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/11/21/vpundjk.shtml   (1234 words)      AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society Koizumi Leads Party to Victory in Japan Vote (July 30, 2001) This outcome will have an "important bearing on whether the Koizumi government can vigorously push its reforms or whether it will be weakened by a counterattack from the LDP's old guard." Asahi reports on the LDP victory, voter turnout, and what the next steps are for Koizumi. http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=57451   (1414 words)      washingtonpost.com: Japanese Voters Deal Setback to Ruling Party Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for most of the post-World War II era, held on to 49 of the 50 seats it had in play. The new tallies leave the ruling coalition -- Koizumi's party and its political partner, the Buddhist-rooted New Komeito party -- in control of the upper house with 139 seats. TOKYO, July 12 -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered a setback in key upper house elections Sunday, as Japanese voters handed decisive gains to the opposition Democratic Party, which has criticized Koizumi for keeping troops in Iraq. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A42222-2004Jul11?language=printer   (544 words)      The Globalist Biography of Junichiro Koizumi Junichiro Koizumi was elected as the 87th Prime Minister of Japan in 2001. Koizumi served as the Minister of Health and Welfare in 1988 and again in 1996 and 1997. His past government posts have included Chairman of the National Organization Committee of the LDP and Chairman for the Research Commission on Fundamental Policies for Medical Care. http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=673   (110 words)      Koizumi, Junichiro on Encyclopedia.com Koizumi served as minister of health and welfare in 1988 and from 1996 to 1997. He did, however, make a landmark visit to North Korea in 2002, which led to the establishment of diplomatic relations. He entered politics in 1970 as a member of the Liberal Democratic party (LDP), and two years later was elected to the Diet. http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/K/Koizumi.asp   (1289 words)      The Year Ahead For Junichiro Koizumi - Forbes.com Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi enters 2006 on a high, his Liberal Democratic Party having won a major electoral victory in the Lower House in September. The main political focus for 2006 will be on the competition to succeed Koizumi and the use of a strong leadership position to push through government reforms and manage the debate on revising the constitution. The election was a personal victory for Koizumi, but he has said that he will step down when his term of office as president of the LDP expires in September. http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/12/14/japan-Koizumi-policy-cx_1215oxford.html?partner=vnu   (937 words)      Japan for the Uninvited: Junichiro Koizumi He was married in 1978, but divorced in 1982. His popularity took another blow after he sacked his foreign minister, Makiko Tanaka. Junichiro Koizumi was elected Prime Minister of Japan in April 2001. http://ballz.ababa.net/uninvited/koizumi.htm   (371 words)      Official website of Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi attended the ceremony inaugurating the joint training for new civil servants held at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center.... Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi held a meeting with His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, The Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at the Prime Minister's Residential Quarters. Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi On Their Majesties' Visit to Asian Countries http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html   (341 words)      PM - Japan in diplomatic trouble at APEC summit Japan is finding itself in the firing line after a recent visit by the Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the controversial Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo. It's also relegated a meeting with the South Korean President, Roh Moo-Hyun, to diplomatic nicety status, and it's left the spokesman for Japan's Foreign Ministry, Yoshinori Katori, to deal with the fall-out. After meetings in Kyoto, where they discussed the realignment of the US military bases and trade issues, Mr Koizumi reaffirmed his faith in the security and political relationship with the United States. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2005/s1508390.htm   (502 words)      BW Online July 2, 2001 Junichiro Koizumi That's why the special interests aligned against Koizumi's reform push are so strong--despite his 80% approval rating among voters. That's the question business and political leaders in Washington and Europe are asking about Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party will likely keep the majority it was expected to lose in the tightly contested Upper House election in late July. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_27/b3739045.htm   (811 words)      Japan Extends Iraq Mission Up to a Year (washingtonpost.com) He did not impose formal sanctions, which would have been a significant step given North Korea's assertion that it would regard sanctions as an act of war. The United States has essentially taken responsibility for Japan's security since World War II. Koizumi and President Bush have acknowledged a personal friendship that serves to tighten the already close bilateral relationship. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53641-2004Dec9.html   (857 words)      UofT G8 Information Centre: Analytical Studies. Genoa 2001. Japan. On 26 April 2001, Koizumi was inaugurated as Prime Minister after the resignation of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. Type: A constitutional monarchy with a mixed electoral system. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/evaluations/2001genoa/objectives/japan1.html   (410 words)      The Epoch Times Japan PM Seeks to Reassure Opponents of Postal Reform Koizumi also reiterated that rejection of his postal reform bills -- opposed by many in his own Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) -- would be tantamount to a vote of no-confidence, a tacit threat to call an election for parliament's lower house. TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, facing a party revolt that could spark a snap election, defended plans to privatise the postal system but vowed to preserve services in the politically powerful countryside. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi answers a question from an opposition lawmaker at the Upper House's ad hoc committee session for privatizing Japan Post at the National Diet in Tokyo, 02 August 2005. http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-8-2/30865.html   (690 words)      Truth About Trade & Technology - JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI the cabinet's most visible minister, and postal reform has been Mr Koizumi's pet project for decades. Yoriko Kawaguchi, the outgoing foreign minister, will advise Mr Koizumi Mr Koizumi replaced the foreign and defence ministers, and plans to http://www.truthabouttrade.org/article.asp?id=2620   (760 words)      The Epoch Times Japan PM's Support Buoyed by Posts Battle TOKYO - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has risen since he called a snap election after party rebels voted down his postal privatisation bills, according to an opinion poll published on Thursday. Koizumi has said he aims to field candidates against the 37 LDP members who voted against the postal reform bills in parliament's powerful lower house. The Sept. 11 election will pit Koizumi loyalists against conservatives within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who oppose privatisation of Japan Post, including its savings and life insurance units, which boast $3 trillion in assets. http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-8-10/31131.html   (272 words)      Reason: Political Elvis - Junichiro Koizumi, Japan - Brief Article Last April, Koizumi became Japan's eighth prime minister in 10 years. Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi--who presides over the world's second-largest economy--may be just such a creature. Unlike his quickly dispatched predecessors, he is enjoying favorable ratings that zoom upward of 80 percent. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1568/is_5_33/ai_78575519   (469 words)      Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide Koizumi and Chinese President Hu Jintao are both attending a meeting of more than 100 leaders from Asia and Africa, hosted by Indonesia in Jakarta. Earlier, a Thai spokesman said the issue was raised when Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra met Hu in private talks on the sidelines of the regional meeting. April 22 (Bloomberg) -- China welcomed comments made in Jakarta today by Japan& Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the pain his country inflicted on neighboring nations before and during World War II, a Chinese spokesman said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aTJ.eJewHtIk&refer=top_world_news   (518 words)      Koizumi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Junya Koizumi, a second-generation Diet member and the father of Junichiro Koizumi Kotaro Koizumi, an aspiring actor and the first son of Junichiro Koizumi It can refer to a number of people, including: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koizumi   (116 words)      BBC NEWS World Asia-Pacific Profile: Junichiro Koizumi But his popularity rebounded after he called a snap election in September 2005, and his Liberal Democratic Party was returned to office with its biggest majority in decades. He had already said he would stand down as the head of the LDP when his term ends in September 2006. Mr Koizumi is unlike any leader Japan has elected before http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1293536.stm   (401 words)      NewsFromRussia.Com Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi begins elections campaign Koizumi's forceful tactics and promises of reform appear to have resonated with many voters. Koizumi, DPJ President Katsuya Okada and other party leaders are set to deliver their first speeches on the streets in Tokyo and other places as the 12-day campaigning got under way for the House of Representatives election. Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party supported by 40% Japanese http://newsfromrussia.com/politics/2005/08/30/61938.html   (1575 words)      TIMEasia Magazine: Unfinished Business With 121 seats up for grabs, the LDP's declared goal is to capture at least 51. The polling, they opined, would be just another formality as Koizumi, alone atop the Japanese political landscape, would lead his LDP to a runaway victory and begin his final two years in office with a clear mandate to pursue his most important initiatives and secure his place in history. And while Koizumi has made significant strides in areas such as banking reform and foreign affairs, if his administration were to end tomorrow, he would be remembered mostly for his charisma—and for a litany of promises unfulfilled. http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501040712/story.html   (1008 words)      CBC News: Koizumi visits controversial shrine In Seoul, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said it deeply regrets the prime minister paying homage to war criminals who inflicted intolerable damage and pain on the Korean people. The visit also was met by opposition from one of the parties in Koizumi's governing coalition. The head of the party has expressed regret and questioned whether the visit violates the constitutional prohibition against the state engaging in religious activities. http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/01/koizumi_shrine040101   (421 words)      Japan: Koizumi's Quixotic Quest Now, more than four years into his term, Koizumi has succeeded in putting the needed legislation on the table. Koizumi could step down sooner than planned -- he has said he will retire in September 2006 -- in return for the support of his critics. Aware of the need to get every possible vote, Koizumi is threatening to call a general election if the bills are defeated. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_32/b3946134.htm   (843 words)      Japan’s Call for Peacebuilding by Junichiro Koizumi - The Globalist > > Global Politics This Globalist Document is excerpted from Prime Minister Koizumi’s address on April 22, 2005. In this Globalist Document, Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reflects on the country's goal to encourage international cooperation and enhance Asian and African solidarity. Japan’s Call for Peacebuilding by Junichiro Koizumi - The Globalist > > Global Politics http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=4541   (1104 words)      MOFA: Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (The Basic Plan regarding the measures based on the Law Concerning ... The Cabinet today decided on the Basic Plan regarding the measures based on the Law Concerning the Special Measures on Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance in Iraq. Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (The Basic Plan regarding the measures based on the Law Concerning the Special Measures on Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance in Iraq) MOFA: Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (The Basic Plan regarding the measures based on the Law Concerning the Special Measures on Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance in Iraq) http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/iraq/issue2003/pmstate0312.html   (834 words)      CNN.com Japan's Prime minister: Junichiro Koizumi's First Policy Speech Koizumi, who won a landslide victory last month, has become popular with voters who hope he will reform the battered economy. In his first speech to parliament, Japan's new Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi highlights the need for painful structural reform to revive the nation's feeble economy. In a bid to regain people’s trust in the administration, the new leader said the government will publish a "Koizumi cabinet e-mail magazine" to talk to the nation directly. http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/asiafeaturefile/0705   (134 words)      Asiaweek.com Power 50 8. Junichiro Koizumi 2001 First, he reckoned Japan should directly elect its prime minister. A few months ago Junichiro Koizumi was a third-generation politician in one of the developed world's least inspiring political parties. The tousled prime minister now commands the approval of some 90% of voters - even though he keeps promising "painful" structural reforms to revive the economy. http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/power50.2001/p08.html   (397 words)      Junichiro Koizumi --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia Although a member of the traditional Liberal-Democratic party (LDP), Junichiro Koizumi was elected prime minister of Japan in April 2001 by being unconventional. With the economy in crisis and the public disgusted by political corruption, the candidate—easily recognizable by his shaggy salt-and-pepper hair—offered hope that vast changes in structure and... With the economy in crisis and the public disgusted by political corruption, the candidate—easily recognizable by his shaggy salt-and-pepper hair—offered hope that vast changes in structure and operation… http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9383530   (275 words)      Japan prime minister offers apology - World News - MSNBC.com Japan’s Kyodo News Agency said Koizumi’s remarks were based on a 1995 speech made by Tomiichi Murayama, the prime minister at the time, marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks during Friday's meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. There were no Cabinet ministers among the group, which visited the shrine in observance of an annual spring festival. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7594240   (644 words)

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