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...harder it is for a leader like Koizumi to get anything done. Although he cruised into office 10 months ago as the crusading anti-establishmentarian who would truly reform Japan, the dashing, outspoken Prime Minister with the finely tuned coif is in trouble. When he fired popular Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka last month under pressure from anti-reform conservatives, his approval rating plunged 20% from last year's high of 80%. As confidence in his leadership sagged, the Nikkei stock average hit an 18-year low. "If he wouldn't support her, it's unlikely he'll make any other...
...mandate to take on the nexus of vested interests and intransigent politicians who had derailed reform throughout the '90s, it was he. But he almost immediately went off track, agreeing to supplementary budgets, endorsing costly bailouts and waffling on banking reform. Then, last month, he dumped his Foreign Minister, Makiko Tanaka, whose bellicose banter and tough stand against prickly bureaucrats made her a popular icon among Japanese housewives. (Her cakes sold even better than Koizumi's.) Within a week, his adoring fans turned on him, and his approval ratings plummeted...
...Losers AUSTIN POWERS Faux-spy told his second sequel's title, Goldmember, is too close to Goldfinger. Guess it's back to Man With the Golden Groin MIKE TYSON Brawling boxer denied license, is being investigated for rape. We're contemplating giving him a regular slot on this list MAKIKO TANAKA Fiery Foreign Minister gets canned by Koizumi. Taking on the bureaucrats was bad, but questioning her boss's hairstyle was too much...
...killed five Pakistan-based militants attempting to cross into Indian-held Kashmir in the first major incursion since Pakistan promised a crackdown on such groups. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee rejected calls by Pakistan for new talks. JAPAN Cabinet Kerfuffle Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi scrambled to replace Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka after impetuously sacking her and her deputy following parliamentary squabbles. When former unhcr chief Sadako Ogata turned down the post, Koizumi appointed Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi after temporarily holding the portfolio himself. The Prime Minister?s approval rating plummeted during the crisis. MIDDLE EAST New Challenges For Israelis Thousands...
...MAKIKO TANAKA The fiery Foreign Minister?nicknamed "Troublemaker"?is the last person Koizumi needs to handle the weakest part of his portfolio, foreign policy. She has infuriated career diplomats and bureaucrats and muffed some basic diplomatic forays Koizumi's plan: He can't dump her; she's too popular inside Japan. So he'll send her on more overseas trips and lean on her to tone down the trash talk Outlook: O.K. Nobody in Japan really cares about foreign policy, so Tanaka provides an entertaining, if raucous, diversion...