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...still unmarried, a major drawback for an ambitious politician. A matchmaker was consulted, and Koizumi picked out a photo of a kimono-clad university student 14 years his junior. He proposed the day after their first date, and in 1978 Koizumi and Kayoko Miyamoto were wed before 2,500 guests. The marriage didn't last, and in 1982, after having two sons, they divorced. His right-hand man says the whole matter was pure politics. Miyamoto wasn't cutting it as a political wife, says longtime aide Isao Iijima. He told Koizumi, "Choose between your family and your political career...
...Miyamoto was pregnant at the time of the divorce, and a third son, Yoshinaga, now 18, was raised by her and has never met his father. One day this summer, Yoshinaga visited L.D.P. headquarters, where a giant picture of Koizumi was plastered on a billboard six stories high. Yoshinaga made his way to the gift shop in the lobby, bought a poster of his father, took it home and hung it on his bedroom wall. "I hope after he is Prime Minister, we can both see him again," Miyamoto says. "My son understands. He says, 'It is my father...
...much to do with balance sheets as it does ball skills. Having a Japanese player on the squad could yield a club rich revenues in broadcast deals and merchandise sales in Japan. When West Ham United, an English side, unsuccessfully attempted to sign Gamba Osaka's Tsuneyasu Miyamoto earlier this year, then-manager Harry Redknapp quipped: "I think we've already sold 200,000 shirts in Japan on the back of it. By the time we've finished I could have enough money to buy Rivaldo." Case in point: Nakata, who even before he kicked a ball in Parma...
...unremarkable spell at Spanish side R.C.D. EspaNyol? And how much playing time will Inamoto get in an Arsenal midfield that already boasts players like Robert Pires and?for now, anyway?Patrick Vieira? When English side West Ham United embarked on an unsuccessful attempt to sign Gamba Osaka's Tsuneyasu Miyamoto earlier this year, then-manager Harry Redknapp quipped: "I think we've already sold 200,000 shirts in Japan on the back of it. By the time we've finished I could have enough money to buy Rivaldo...
This is part of Nintendo's bid to lose the kids-only label and grab a chunk of the elusive twentysomething market. "We're doing more to attract these audiences," admits Miyamoto. Not that the company is dissing its core tiny-tot gamers. Witness the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo's new handheld, which will serve a dual purpose as a controller for the GameCube...