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...Junichiro Koizumi An outsider with personality. An idol with great hair. The longtime pol positioned himself as a challenger to the dry bureaucrats that have overseen Japan's decade-long slump. Desperate for change, the public overwhelmingly backed him. Which could be why he retains popular support, despite still festering economic problems, reforms yet to be enacted and still empty promises of better days...
...deferential Japanese housewife is at the end of her rope. Her hopeless husband is unemployed, her once promising children are bugging on mushrooms and even the dreamy Koizumi looks likely to leave her at the economic altar. How does she respond? By taking her destiny in two petite hands and yanking?hard. Tug-of-war, the sport of ancient warriors and sadistic gym teachers, is enjoying a renaissance around the world. An Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920, there is strong sentiment to bring tugging back to the Games. That would be welcome news in bored and poor Japan, where...
...Shortly after Masako's pregnancy was announced, there was a flurry of discussion about changing imperial laws to scrap the requirement that a male take the throne. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi himself said he thought it was a good idea. But last month, a leading Liberal Democratic Party politician, Taro Aso, said such discussion was premature. "We are not at a point where we can assume that no boys will be born in the future," Aso said. Of course, that was before the birth of the princess. The next round of royal debate has begun: Can Japan tolerate an Empress...
...beatnik compared with others in Tokyo's halls of power, but Inose advocates an end to free love for Japan's public companies. A writer on history and politics, Inose, 55, has been tapped to serve on a panel of outside advisers assigned by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to plot ways to privatize corporations in government-controlled industries such as construction and banking. Inose says many of these companies are "parasites" that saddle the government with debt and make it difficult for efficient competitors to thrive...
...GLOBAL MELTDOWN The high-tech bust makes Japan's recovery tougher. Exports are falling, and domestic consumption is so weak that prices are falling and banks are sitting on mountains of bad debt Koizumi's plan: The central bank is in effect printing more money to try to stimulate the economy. Koizumi wants to force bad businesses to fail, meaning more short-term pain Outlook: POOR. His reform agenda is in peril because of the economic slide