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NHK WORLD
April 24, 2018
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will hold its leadership election in September. Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was recently asked about the possibility of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe winning his third consecutive term as LDP president. Koizumi responded, "I think it will be difficult, because theÃâà...
New York Times
April 16, 2018
Junichiro Koizumi, one of Mr. Abe's best-known predecessors, told a reporter for the magazine Weekly Asahi that “the situation is getting dangerous” for Mr. Abe and questioned whether the prime minister might resign when the current session of Parliament ends in June. Over the weekend, tens ofÃâà...
South China Morning Post
April 15, 2018
“The situation is getting dangerous. Won't Mr Abe resign around the time parliament's session ends?” former premier Junichiro Koizumi, a one-time Abe mentor, said in an interview published by the online edition of the weekly magazine Aera. The session ends on June 20. Koizumi – a critic of Abe's supportÃâà...
The Mainichi
April 15, 2018
... on who should be elected in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in September, Abe remained respondents' third preference after former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba and Shinjiro Koizumi, a rising star in the ruling party and a son of charismatic former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
The Japan Times
April 14, 2018
MITO – Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Saturday that scandal-hit Shinzo Abe is unlikely to win a third term in September's Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in light of the public's growing distrust in him. “Winning a third term will be tough as he is losing public trust,” Koizumi toldÃâà...
Kyodo News Plus
April 14, 2018
Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Saturday Shinzo Abe is unlikely to win a third term in September's Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, citing the public's growing distrust in the premier after a string of recent scandals. "Winning a third term will be tough as he is losingÃâà...
The Straits Times
April 11, 2018
Several polls have put former defence chief Shigeru Ishiba and Mr Koizumi - son of former PM Junichiro Koizumi - ahead of Mr Abe. As the LDP is the most dominant party, its chairman is de facto prime minister. Though the public does not have a direct say in the September decision, party cadres in rivalÃâà...
Kyodo News Plus
April 3, 2018
Five of the 17 were repatriated in October 2002, a month after the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il admitted to the abductions of 13 Japanese nationals to the North in a landmark summit with then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Abe, deputy chief Cabinet secretary at the time, accompanied Koizumi toÃâà...
Asahi Shimbun
March 7, 2018
The prime minister at the time, Junichiro Koizumi, decided not to appeal the ruling after lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition camps demanded a political decision. Lawmakers eventually pushed through legislation that included compensation to the former patients. Similarly, in 2007 after a lawsuitÃâà...
Tribunnews
March 7, 2018
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, TOKYO - Mantan PM Jepang Junichiro Koizumi menekankan bahwa kampanye di Jepang bahwa nuklir aman dan memakan biaya kecil merupakan kebohongan besar dari Pemerintah Jepang. "Bohong besar kalau nuklir itu aman dan memakan biaya kecil. Lihat saja bencana nuklirÃâà...
Latin American Herald Tribune
March 7, 2018
TOKYO – Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi urged Japan on Wednesday to completely eliminate the use of nuclear energy in the country. The former prime minister, one of the country's most popular and charismatic leaders who headed the Japanese government between 2001-2006, said that those in favor ofÃâà...
The Japan Times
March 7, 2018
Adversaries not only see opportunities to press their own interests, but they are also discrediting the U.S. model of governance and advancing their own in its place. Japan knows well the price of disarray. With the exception of the era of Junichiro Koizumi (2001-2006) and the second administration of PrimeÃâà...
Kyodo News Plus
March 6, 2018
The Japanese government officially lists 17 citizens as having been abducted by North Korean agents and suspects Pyongyang's involvement in other disappearances of Japanese nationals. Of the 17, five were repatriated in 2002 following then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to North Korea forÃâà...
The Japan Times
February 26, 2018
Known as burasagari, the spontaneous, standing interviews with reporters in the corridors of the Prime Minister's Office were introduced and deftly used by ex-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to get across his message effectively. But the practice came to a halt after Naoto Kan, one of Koizumi's successors,Ãâà...
The Japan Times
February 11, 2018
Among his rivals, former LDP Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister, was favored by 21.3 percent, while Shinjiro Koizumi, the chief deputy secretary-general and son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, was favored by 19.5 percent. As discussions over Abe's bid to amendÃâà...
Asahi Shimbun
February 6, 2018
Abe also blasted the no-nuclear plant policy promoted by former LDP Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and like-minded lawmakers from opposition parties, saying he “cannot recognize it as a responsible energy policy.” In an argument over the true cost of nuclear power generation, neither Abe nor KanÃâà...
The Japan Times
January 10, 2018
A group advised by former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday unveiled details about a bill calling for an “immediate halt” to Japan's reliance on nuclear power to prevent a recurrence of the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The group is seeking to submit the bill to an upcoming Diet session inÃâà...
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