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Mr Koizumi, after his meeting with the Russian leader, told reporters a wide gap remains between the two countries on the matter.

It raises a question: was the path that Mr Koizumi chose to get Japan out of the economic swamp misguided, at least in part?

In previous years Mr Koizumi chose less symbolic dates, emphasising the private nature of his visit.

Koizumi has said he plans to leave office when his term as president of the ruling LDP expires on Sept.

As for Mr Abe, the pact is of a piece with a more robust foreign policy for Japan that was begun by his predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi.

Worse for the worriers, Mr Fukuda, a consensus-style politician, assumes office at a time of apparent backlash against "Koizumi reforms" .

Mr Koizumi's decisions to visit Yasukuni seem to have been emotional.

Beijing had been "holding out an olive branch to Japan" since Mr Koizumi left office, he said.

Indeed, the current dispute seems to have sent tensions to their lowest point since Mr. Koizumi left office.

After Mr. Koizumi's departure in 2006, two prime ministers stepped down less than a year into their respective terms.

"The Ultraman series can be enjoyed by an entire family over three generations, " Koizumi told Nippon Television.

Koizumi was the first Japanes politician to turn politics into a show.

A few weeks ago, Mr Koizumi looked set to be accorded that rarest honour, an address to a joint session of Congress.

Mr Abe would back away from Mr Koizumi's pledge to visit Yasukuni without appearing to kowtow to China, he said.

Interpretation of the article has been stretched so far, especially under Mr Koizumi, that it has become almost meaningless.

Koizumi said he has said for many times that China's fast economic growth is an opportunity rather than a threat to Japan.

But if Mr Abe at least stays away from the Yasukuni shrine, Mr Hu will feel that his ostracism of Mr Koizumi has paid off.

Mr Koizumi's flair and commontouch enabled him to sell voters a bill of goods which, on closer inspection, they do not like.

He agreed with Koizumi on his suggestion to strengthen coordination between the economic and trade departments of the two countries.

Mr. Koizumi said he offered heartfelt and deep prayers for those who died in the atomic bombing.

In the present climate, hostile to Mr Koizumi'slegacy if not the man himself, such a reformist grouping would have its work cut out.

As the leader of a nation, Koizumi should be true to his word.

Junichiro Koizumi there Wednesday for talks expected to focus on bird flu as well as the two-year Japanese ban on American beef imports.

But since Mr Koizumi's 2006 departure, it has been a process without creativity.

Mr Koizumi is no diehard imperialist. He sees the war dead as victims of Japan's own militarism .

Prime Minister Koizumi is one of my best friends in the international community.

Beijing has sought to calm what had been dangerous tensions during the premiership of Junichiro Koizumi.

Even Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister from 2001-06 who dazzled outsiders and quit while on top, did not attempt anything so bold.

Mr Takenaka was plucked out of academia by Mr Koizumi in 2001, and was quickly put in charge of financial system reforms.

Prime ministers since Mr Koizumi have tried to centralise authority within the cabinet office and pretty much failed.

The biggest cause of the chilling in relations between the two countries is Mr Koizumi's annual visits to Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's annual visits to a Tokyo war shrine (Yasukuni) routinely draw fierce protests from China.

Zhu invited Koizumi to pay an official visit to China within the year, and Koizumi gladly accepted the invitation.

The reformist Koizumi administration began with a hardline Swedish-style approach.

The public -- which once rallied behind Mr. Koizumi's policies -- has become increasingly anxious over the economic future.

Mr Aso will face a challenge from Yuriko Koike, a former defence minister, who will try to rally disaffected Koizumi followers behind her.

Mr Kan does himself few favours. Though a canny politician, he is a clumsy speaker, with none of Mr Koizumi's razzmatazz.

The consequences extend beyond the refusal by China and South Korea to hold summit meetings with Mr Koizumi.

He challenged his party's own pork-barrel interests, particularly the road-construction lobby, which not even Mr Koizumi defeated.

However, former Japanese Prime Ministers Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzo Abe visited Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday morning.

"Last time, Koizumi had a very positive image and it was change without risk. It was change, but with the people they knew, " Reed said.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, like his popular predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi, is pushing to revise the pacifist constitution.

The anointed successor of Junichiro Koizumi, Mr Abe has emphasised restoring national pride through robust diplomacy.

Koizumi cut subsidies and tax redistribution to local governments, instead giving them the power to collect taxes directly.

Visits to the shrine by Japan's former prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, strained Japan's relations with China and South Korea.

Mr. Koizumi told a reporter Tuesday that his pledge is "still valid. "

Mr Koizumi always keep the first part of his promise, but only this week fulfilled the second.

But China has been refusing to talk to Mr Koizumi since his last visit to the Yasukuni shrine in October.

Though I'm very angry Koizumi visited Yasukuni, I don't agree with some opinions in this page filled with racial prejudice to Japanese.

This, the biggest upsurge of anti-Japanese unrest in years, was sparked by a visit by Mr Koizumi to Yasukuni.

Mr Koizumi's reforms fell short for a more subtle reason.

Voters, fumbling for a way to break with the past, took up Mr Koizumi's challenge.

However, Mr Koizumi's legacy has not stopped reform-minded politicians in the regions.

Alexander Downer, the Australian foreign minister, joined China and South Korea to condemn Mr Koizumi's actions.

On his trip to China and South Korea, can Mr Abe give indications of greater sincerity than Mr Koizumi?

Even Junichiro Koizumi, the most charismatic and reform-minded of all the LDP prime ministers, struggled to get things done.

Moreover some of the LDP's gains were made by notable followers of Mr Koizumi.

And so, for the first time since Mr Koizumi stepped down in 2006, Japan's prime minister gives every impression of being in charge.

Quoting Japanese government officials, the Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun reported today that Koizumi plans to depose Miyaji on the 15th.

But Chinahas been refusing to talk to Mr Koizumi since his last visit to the Yasukuni shrine in October.

Were kidnapped Japanese hostage Shosei Koda was confirmed killed, the opposition parties to pursue Koizumi's responsibility.

What role did either cutting budgets or pushing deregulation under Mr Koizumi have in boosting growth?

Mr. Koizumi also whetted Japan's appetite for more decisive leaders unafraid to make tough choices.

It wasn't Mr Koizumi's reforms that devastated Japan's economy and caused soaring rates of poverty and inequality.

One former prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, even won his mandate in 2001-06 after vowing to "destroy" his own party.

It also formed the early view civilization of Koizumi Yakumo.

But something from Junichiro Koizumi, the bachelor prime minister, also stuck.

The Yasukuni issue is unlikely to go away when Koizumi quits his post next month.

In 2005, China engaged in diplomatic sniping with Japan over visits to the shrine by Junichiro Koizumi, then the prime minister.

Even that consummate showman, Mr Koizumi, with no love for Mr Fukuda, has given his backing.

In early August 2005 the then-prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, called a snap election to push through postal privatisation.

The leaderships of both main parties have denigrated the Koizumi legacy for too long.

"Mr. Koizumi's" scissors is famous traditional handicraft industry in China, more than 300 years of history.

That produced an economic bubble and subsequent "lost decade" , a period that came to an end after Mr Koizumi became prime minister in 2001.

Mr Koizumi's successor, it now seems certain, will be Shinzo Abe, currently Japan's chief cabinet secretary.

According to a recent public-opinion poll, the support rate for Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet marked an amazing record, 87%.

I feel uneasy about the course of the post-Koizumi government.

The biggest genuine Koizumi reform was postal privatisation.

His comments were echoed by foreign minister Taro Aso, 66, who also served under outgoing prime minister Junichiro Koizumi.

Mr Koizumi still has followers. One will challenge Mr Aso for the prime minister's job.

One of the most lambasted figures in the election was Junichiro Koizumi, the lion-haired, pro-American who led Japan from 2001 to 2006.

Koizumi said Japan fully recognizes the importance of Japanese-Chinese relations and hopes to constantly develop the ties.

The new crisis comes at a sensitive time politically for Koizumi.

In one way, the DPJ has reason to be grateful to Mr Koizumi.

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He is seeking to replace Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister, in party elections in September.

These data are compiled annually by Mr. Koizumi and the science group's R&D budget and policy program.

As Mr Koizumi bowed out, Japan's new leader swiftly announced his government.

No Chinese president or premier visited Tokyo during Mr Koizumi's tenure.

The reign of Mr Abe's starrypredecessor, Junichiro Koizumi, helped disguise this failure.

The reign of Mr Abe's starrypredecessor, Junichiro Koizumi, helped disguise this failure.

Given the right signal, China would jump at the chance to resume top-level summits that were suspended with Mr Koizumi.

But the past three years since Koizumi stepped down may have seriously undermined that claim.

There were some who believed that a breathing space from structural reform was required after the Koizumi administration.

Fair enough: Mr Koizumi is an ardent Elvis fan.

The birth comes as a relief to Shinzo Abe, who is expected to take over from Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister at the end of this month.

When Junichiro Koizumi became Japan's prime minister in 2001, he got the royal treatment from George W.

Yet in Nishi-Koizumi in Gunma prefecture, just north of Tokyo, a town dominated by a Sanyo electronics plant, the picture is different.

Mr Koizumi, wearing tails, arrived by limousine at 7. 40am and was greeted by several thousand people who had gathered to show support.

Mr Watanabe says simply: "I think Abe has learnt a lesson. He has already departed from Koizumi's philosophy. "

And it turned out that Mr Koizumi's policies were liked much less than the man himself.

The DPJ has drawn most of its support from this base, as did Mr Koizumi.

Koizumi's eldest son, Kotaro, is a professional actor. The Ultraman television series first appeared on TV in 1966.

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It was a move that nearly split the ruling LDP but also gave Mr Koizumi a landslide victory.

After the attacks of September 11th, Mr Koizumi threw his country behind America.

Since Junichiro Koizumi quit in 2006, Japanese leaders have averaged fewer than 12 months in office apiece.

Mr Koizumi's achievement is threefold.

Mr Koizumi insisted he was praying for peace.

That will depend on mr koizumi's successor.

Bush took Koizumi to the late King of Rock and Roll's Graceland in June 2006.

Mr. Koizumi told parliament today (Monday) it is wrong for China to refuse to hold a summit because of one issue.

Mr Kan's biggest drawback is that, unlike Mr Koizumi at the time, he is not popular.

Koizumi said that it is very important to face history and to properly solve practical problems in developing Sino-Japanese relations.

Shinzo Abe, who is almost certain to succeed Mr Koizumi, has so far refused to clarify his current stance on Yasukuni.

At that time, larger marine fog, vision is not good, but Koizumi is on board with a telescope on the islands was observed.

Unlike last year, when Mr Koizumi wore a business suit, his visit bore the trappings of an official prime ministerial pilgrimage.

The secretary-general arrived in China from Japan, where he met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other senior leaders.

Yet Koizumi-style reformists such as Hidenao Nakagawa were excluded from the new cabinet.

Hangzhou, there are many specialty, such as Zhang Koizumi scissors.

Fukuda was serving as chief Cabinet secretary at the time for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who is divorced.

'I'd like to start again, ' said Mr. Koizumi, 45 years old, as his wife and two children stood nearby.

In October last year, Mr Koizumi appointed an official widely seen as "pro-China" , Toshihiro Nikai, as his trade minister.

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