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Junichiro Koizumi - MSN Encarta Junichiro Koizumi (Western style), born in 1942, Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. Koizumi was inaugurated as prime minister the same month and immediately underlined his reformist intentions by appointing five women to the cabinet. Koizumi was reelected leader of the LDP in September 2003, comfortably deflecting challenges from conservative members of the party. encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_701667341/Junichiro_Koizumi.html   (743 words)

Metropolis - Big in Japan: Junichiro Koizumi For starters, Koizumi is currently single and makes no bones about going on official engagements without a female companion, something previously frowned upon in the conservative world of the Diet. And to top it all, Koizumi even has opinions and isn't afraid to speak his mind in public-a brave move considering the gaffes that led to predecessor Mori's downfall. This year, the time was right for Koizumi, and he gained 287 votes out of a possible 478 to snatch the honors from his old boss, Ryuichi Hashimoto, who was eyeing the premiership for a second time. metropolis.co.jp /biginjapan/377/biginjapaninc.htm   (512 words)

Market reform and Japanese nationalism: the twin policies of Koizumi's government To mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the war, Koizumi’s LDP is proposing a new draft of the Japanese constitution that removes some of the remaining constraints on the use of the Japanese military imposed by the so-called “pacifist”; clauses of the document. Koizumi’s ambition is to use his majority in the parliament and claims of a popular mandate to push the changes through next year. Koizumi’s determination to push ahead with his economic and foreign policy agenda is expressed in his treatment of his LDP opponents, as well as the composition of his new cabinet. www.wsws.org /articles/2005/nov2005/japa-n14.shtml   (1673 words)

Why Junichiro Koizumi is being retained as Japanese leader Koizumi himself was derided in the 1990s as an eccentric due to his appearance, bachelor status, and his extreme right-wing nationalist and free market economic views. Koizumi and the LDP are attempting to divert attention from these intractable economic problems and the resultant social crisis by pursuing an agenda of militarism. Koizumi’s ability to implement this right-wing agenda while retaining a measure of support in the polls explains why he is virtually certain to retain the LDP leadership in today’s poll. www.wsws.org /articles/2003/sep2003/jap-s20.shtml   (1437 words)

Photos: Welcoming Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose with Lisa Marie Presley and Priscilla Presley. Major General Guy Swan, III stands with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi during the playing of the national anthems during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi lays a wreath during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery. www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/pix/b/eap/68438.htm   (464 words)

AllRefer.com - Junichiro Koizumi (Japanese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia Koizumi served as minister of health and welfare in 1988 and from 1996 to 1997. As the leader of a grassroots element of the LDP, with a reputation as a rebel fighting against the party's entrenched conservative leadership, he was elected party president in 2001 and shortly thereafter succeeded Yoshiro Mori as prime minister. Achieving those goals proved difficult, however, as reform was resisted by the entrenched bureaucracy and by LDP factions that would be affected by reform, and Koizumi's government soon came largely to resemble those of his predecessors. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Koizumi.html   (290 words)

Junichiro Koizumi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Koizumi's government also introduced a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to ministry status, but this bill was not passed in the 2006 session and will be deferred to the next session under the watch of Koizumi's successor. Koizumi's father built an airfield in Kagoshima, which was used for kamikaze missions during 1944–5, and a cousin died on such a mission. Koizumi, who at the time of retirement will be the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, is a fan of Richard Wagner, X Japan, and the Japanese Pop band Morning Musume, and has released a CD of his favorite songs by Ennio Morricone. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Junichiro_Koizumi   (2772 words)

Japan general election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Koizumi had announced that a 'no' vote would be considered equivalent to a no confidence vote against his administration, and thus called a snap election for the House of Representatives. Koizumi maintained, as he pledged before calling the election, a position that he would not give official party endorsement to 37 members of his party who voted against the postal bills; that is, the 37 were not allowed to run as members of the party. The irony is that it was Koizumi who was a vocal critic of the switch and the likes of Okada and Ichiro Ozawa, the DPJ's deputy leader, who departed from the LDP to have made the switch in a bid to create the two-party system. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japan_general_election,_2005   (2116 words)

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Junichiro Koizumi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Kotaro Koizumi (小泉 孝太郎 Koizumi Kōtarō, born July 10, 1978 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actor and the eldest son of the current Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, and Kayoko Miyamoto. Yuriko Koike (jp: å°æ± ç™¾åˆå­ Koike Yuriko, born July 15, 1952) is the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Japanese Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi received a surprise boost in public support, according to a poll released Tuesday, and said he expected his fractured party to prevail in the elections he called after his economic plan was rejected. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Junichiro-Koizumi   (8270 words)

Why War? Keywords: Junichiro Koizumi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pledged at the memorial to keep Japan's decades-old ban on nuclear weapons... Japan's deployment is set to end on December 14 but Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is widely expected to defy domestic opposition by extending what is Tokyo'... Late on Friday, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan said in a news conference here that he had told President Bush in... www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/people/Junichiro_Koizumi   (962 words)

ABC News: Parliament Re-Elects Koizumi Japan's PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks during a nationally televised news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo after Japan's Parliament re-elected Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005 following his ruling coalition's landslide victory in elections last week. Koizumi has not publicly outlined a timetable for action, but media reports say the government will submit its postal privatization proposal to parliament next week, aiming for a vote in mid-October and a Cabinet reshuffle in November. Koizumi successfully argued in the campaign that splitting up Japan Post and putting it in private hands would not only improve service and slim the bloated bureaucracy, but would also provide for much more efficient investment of Japan's prodigious savings. abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1145651&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (419 words)

Junichiro Koizumi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Junichiro Koizumi (小泉 純一郎 Koizumi Jun'ichirō, born January 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician and the current Prime Minister. Koizumi's liberal credentials with the rest of Asia were damaged by a controversial visit to the Yasukuni Shrine on August 13, 2001. His grandfather built an airfield in Kagoshima used for kamikaze missions, 1944-5, and a family relative (cousin) died on such a mission, which partly explains his keenness to visit the Yasukuni shrine. www.encyclopedia-online.info /Koizumi_Junichiro   (981 words)

washingtonpost.com: Japanese Voters Deal Setback to Ruling Party Nevertheless, analysts said Koizumi -- the Bush administration's closest ally in Asia and once a highly popular political figure here -- is bound to emerge from the vote with diminished influence and a damaged reputation. Koizumi has championed difficult economic reforms in Japan, which some economists say have played a role in an increasingly strong recovery after 13 years in the doldrums. Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for most of the post-World War II era, held on to 49 of the 50 seats it had in play. www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A42222-2004Jul11?language=printer   (544 words)

Koizumi, Junichiro. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 Koizumi served as minister of health and welfare in 1988 and from 1996 to 1997. As the leader of a grassroots element of the LDP, with a reputation as a rebel fighting against the party’s entrenched conservative leadership, he was elected party president in 2001 and shortly thereafter succeeded Yoshiro Mori as prime minister. Achieving those goals proved difficult, however, as reform was resisted by the entrenched bureaucracy and by LDP factions that would be affected by reform, and Koizumi’s government soon came largely to resemble those of his predecessors. www.bartleby.com /65/ko/Koizumi.html   (232 words)

Koizumi spars with China over war shrine - Boston.com China's refusal to hold a summit with Japan because of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a Tokyo war shrine is "incomprehensible," he said Tuesday. Koizumi has long defended his shrine visits as aimed at praying for the country's war dead and for peace, and last worshipped there in October. While Koizumi says he goes to Yasukuni to pray for peace, the shrine was a center of propaganda backing imperialist expansion during the war, and honors fallen soldiers as deities. www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/04/25/koizumi_china_refusal_incomprehensible   (516 words)

CNN.com - Koizumi landslide spurs market - Sep 13, 2005 Koizumi won an overwhelming victory in Sunday's general election, giving the 63-year-old LDP leader a clear mandate for economic, social and political reform. Koizumi insists this is his last election, and he will step down as leader when his term as LDP president expires a year from now. Koizumi made good on his threat to dissolve the lower house and call new elections when his effort to break up the company was thwarted in the upper house last month. www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/japan.election/index.html   (993 words)

Koizumi Landslide: The China Factor When Koizumi was rising to power, he was greeted by excited yells of "Jun-chan," as the electorate seemed to view him as a rock star. Koizumi's landslide victory may in time prove to be the last gasp of the LDP, as the public likely holds unrealistic expectations of how much Koizumi will be able to accomplish before he steps down next September. Furthermore, although Koizumi is now deciding how to use the political capital he has gained from such an overwhelming popular mandate, an effective transformation of this perceived political capital may prove to be elusive. yaleglobal.yale.edu /display.article?id=6271   (1412 words)

CNN.com - Koizumi has uphill battle for reform - April 24, 2001 Immediately after Koizumi's landslide win in the LDP leadership election, which also anointed Koizumi as the nation's next prime minister, Japanese media began to focus on who will be included in the new LDP cabinet. The Asahi newspaper carried the headline "Koizumi's leadership acumen now faces the test of his deeds" and urged readers not to be overcome by "short-term euphoria or acclaim". Its report says that with Koizumi's elevation to the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party and thus the premiership a virtual certainty, "attention has shifted to the lineup of his new administration and the ruling coalition". archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/24/koizumi.react/index.html   (812 words)

Koizumi after Koizumi: Japan's changing pains | openDemocracy Junichiro Koizumi – that consummate opportunist and populist – has done it again, managing to secure himself an overwhelming majority in the snap general election he called on a daredevil impulse and fought relentlessly on the single issue of reform of the country’s bloated and unwieldy Japan Post. His leadership was no match for the razzamatazz that Koizumi engineered, with its mobilisation of all those shikaku (“female ninja” or “assassins”) – the battalion of high-profile women media personalities and diplomats designed to dazzle voters and devour his anti-reform LDP opponents. The trouble with Junichiro Koizumi is that he is the wrong man in the right place at the right time. www.opendemocracy.net /globalization-institutions_government/koizumi_2821.jsp   (1162 words)

Junichiro Koizumi Elected Japan's Premier by Lower House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Junichiro Koizumi was elected Japan's prime minister in a vote in the House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon. Koizumi's victory in the lower house poll ensures him the nation's top job because the lower house election result stands even if the House of Councillors, the upper house of parliament, chooses a different candidate. Koizumi, 59, clinched a stunning victory in Tuesday's LDP presidential election, garnering widespread support among rank-and-file LDP members with promises of reform and change, including an end to power politics by LDP factions. english.peopledaily.com.cn /english/200104/26/print20010426_68672.html   (149 words)

Junichiro Koizumi - Famous Japanese People & Foreign Residents In Japan :: Japan Visitor Junichiro Koizumi was born in Yokosuka City in Kanagawa Prefecture. Koizumi became president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in April 2001, winning the vote overwhelmingly within the party, and fairly solidly among the Diet members. Koizumi embarked on a reform drive with the aim of revitalizing the economy by cutting banks' bad debts and aiming to privatize the postal system — an unfulfilled ambition of his grandfather, Matajiro Koizumi (1865-1951), Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (also known as the “Tattoo Minister” for the large dragon tattoo on his back!) www.japanvisitor.com /index.php?cID=416&pID=1439   (456 words)

Junichiro Koizumi tire sa révérence après cinq ans à la barre JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI, le premier ministre le plus populaire du Japon, tirera sa révérence le 20 septembre prochain. Fidèle de l'Amérique, ignorant l'Europe, Junichiro Koizumi est parvenu à se fâcher avec tous ses voisins asiatiques. Junichiro Koizumi ne semble pas comprendre que Chinois et Coréens puissent être choqués par ce lieu, où les autorités nippones gèrent un musée révisionniste insultant la mémoire des peuples victimes. www.lefigaro.fr /international/20060908.FIG000000103_junichiro_koizumi_tire_sa_reverence_apres_cinq_ans_a_la_barre.html   (1439 words)

Junichiro Koizumi and his cabinet On April 24, 2001, Junichiro Koizumi was elected as the 20th President of the LDP, gaining 298 of 487 votes, with former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto receiving 155 votes and Taro Aso, Minister of State for economic and fiscal policy, winning 31 votes. Koizumi is considered a maverick although he has served 10 terms as a member of the House of Representatives. Koizumi presented his favorite plan to privatize the post office which helps to deliver the LDP’s organized rural vote through the influence of the chiefs of local post offices and their families. www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo18/koizumi_japan.htm   (2416 words)

TIMEasia Magazine: Unfinished Business The polling, they opined, would be just another formality as Koizumi, alone atop the Japanese political landscape, would lead his LDP to a runaway victory and begin his final two years in office with a clear mandate to pursue his most important initiatives and secure his place in history. And while Koizumi has made significant strides in areas such as banking reform and foreign affairs, if his administration were to end tomorrow, he would be remembered mostly for his charisma—and for a litany of promises unfulfilled. Koizumi has a daunting task ahead of him in the next two years if he is to secure that kind of stature. www.time.com /time/asia/covers/501040712/story.html   (1008 words)

Kayoko Miyamoto, Yoshinaga Miyamoto and Junichiro Koizumi Miyamoto said Koizumi told her that she would be able to see them when they were in junior high school, but that promise wasn't kept. We at CRN Japan also find it hypocritical that Koizumi is so concerned about a handful of Japanese parents whose children have been kidnapped by North Korea, yet supports hundreds of Japanese parents who have kidnapped children to Japan away from loving non-Japanese parents. Japan's Koizumi Breaks the Mold; Washington Post; September 10, 2005; Mostly about the Fall 2005 elections, but a paragraph on the "custom" of his not allowing his two elder sons to see their mother, nor his ever agreeing to see his younger son. www.crnjapan.com /people/juk/en   (2421 words)

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