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...Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's government has made at least limited progress in cleaning up the country's protracted banking crisis...
...They will not engage in the use of force ... They are not going to war." Junichiro Koizumi, Japan's Prime Minister, announcing his Cabinet's decision to deploy noncombat troops in Iraq...
...Komeito has always wrapped itself in righteousness (its name means "clean government"). Its core principles include support for urban nonunion employees of small and medium-size companies, pacifism, and social welfare even at the cost of economic growth?planks that have never been the LDP's priorities. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi insists that though the LDP and the New Komeito "might have different views over certain issues, we'll coordinate over policies...
...Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld received the news en route to Tokyo and Seoul, his response was uncharacteristically diplomatic: "[Iraq is] a dangerous country ... Certainly, people need to participate there with their eyes open." Washington realizes that its allies' reticence isn't rank ingratitude: for both Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Roh, meeting U.S. demands could be political suicide. In a survey last month by the daily Asahi Shimbun, 55% of the Japanese public was against sending troops to Iraq. Koizumi's plan to dispatch the S.D.F. has been criticized by his coalition partner the New Komeito...
...precondition to peace talks with the Palestinians came under fire at home. Four former chiefs of Israel's security service said Sharon's policies endangered Israel's future, and called for a withdrawal from the occupied territories. Poor Returns JAPAN The ruling alliance led by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party held onto power with a reduced majority, winning 278 out of 480 seats in the Diet's Lower House in national elections. Koizumi claimed the poll as a vote of confidence in his reform program, despite a surge in support for the opposition Democratic Party of Japan...