Word: koizumi
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Incensed over the perceived foot dragging in the Woodland case, hundreds of Okinawans protested. The uproar reached all the way to President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, upsetting their first summit meeting in Washington. The U.S. Air Force eventually gave Woodland up. He was arrested by the Japanese on July 6, a week after the incident, and indicted on rape charges 15 days later...
JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI Japanese PM visits shrine to war dead. Spends only 33 minutes, pleasing nobody...
...Incensed over the perceived foot-dragging after the accusation against Woodland was aired, hundreds of Okinawans protested. The uproar reached all the way to President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, upsetting their first summit meeting in Washington. Okinawan politicians, sensing an opportunity, lunged once again for the brass ring: they demanded the SOFA be revised. Koizumi agreed it needed work; U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, on a visit in mid-July, flatly refused. Outrage mounted to a point that it seemed almost an offering to better U.S.-Japan relations when the Air Force did, eventually, give...
...country is in its second decade of economic paralysis. Consumers aren't buying much. Bankers aren't lending much. The government is deep in hock. The only hope of escaping this mess is represented by Japan's newest Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, who is determined to administer economic shock therapy. Koizumi promised he would slash government spending, compel major banks to speed up disposal of bad loans--estimated at nearly $1 trillion--allow unprofitable companies to go bankrupt and restructure the economy to make it more market oriented...
Japan faced critical elections last weekend that will help determine how successful Koizumi will be. "Odds are Koizumi will fail to get through most of his reforms," says Behravesh. "It's an ugly scenario for Japan and for the U.S." Why will he fail? Many in the Japanese parliament are worried that the medicine will be too harsh. Indeed, some analysts predict that this PM won't be around long. "Koizumi is trying single-handedly to take on the Old Guard of the Liberal Democratic Party and one way or another, he's going to get knifed," says Sean Callow...