Posts Tagged ‘koizumi’

Koizumi ready to make efforts to obtain a permanent seat on the Security Council of UN

May 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday he would seek for his country a permanent seat on the Security Council of the United Nations in his speech at the next General Assembly of the Organization.
“I would advance the idea that Japan would be a permanent member different from the current five permanent members,” he said in [...]

China regrets the recent provocative words of Japanese Prime Minister

March 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
China is disappointed and regrets the recent statements by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday in Beijing, the spokesperson of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ms. Zhang.
A journalist said that according to the reporting, Koizumi told a television program aired last Friday, he continued to visit the Yasukuni Shrine and it was ridiculous to prohibit [...]

Koizumi did not revise the Japanese constitution during his tenure

March 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday that Japan’s Constitution could not be revised during his tenure, rejetantla validity of the application of collective defense, which is not authorized by the text.
Koizumi considered “impossible” a revision of the Japanese Constitution in the course of his mandate, since that would demand “more time” because of the need [...]

Decline in popularity of Japanese PM due to Iraq and pensions

January 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The popularity of the government of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shows a large drop due to its involvement in Iraq and the unpopularity of pension reform in three weeks of Senate elections, according to a poll released Tuesday.
According to the poll conducted last weekend by the daily Asahi Shimbun with 1 810 adults, support for [...]

Japan: collapse of the government’s popularity of Junichiro Koizumi

January 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The approval rate for the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi fell to 54.7%, mainly because of the economic situation and reform the pension system, reported Tuesday the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun.
The approval rate has fallen by 4.3% compared to May The disapproval rating rose 3.4 points to reach 34.7%.
The poll by the newspaper showed that [...]

Japan / Government: Koizumi not seek a third term

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced that he would not seek a third term and wished to be relieved of his duties “as soon as possible” after the completion of its reform program, reported Thursday news agency Kyodo .
The agency said Mr Koizumi has indicated his intention to retire when his term as head of the [...]

Koizumi continues to visit the shrine despite the court decision

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday he would continue to visit Yasukuni Shrine despite a decision taken earlier in the day by a court, which said the visits were unconstitutional, reported the Kyodo News.
Prime Minister, quoted by Kyodo, said he believed the decision was “irrational” and he did not understand why his visits, conducted every [...]

MM. Koizumi and Bush reaffirmed the Japanese-American alliance

November 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and U.S. President George W. Bush reaffirmed the importance of Japanese-American alliance in global stability in messages made public Saturday in Yokohama to mark the 150th anniversary of signing the first treaty between the two countries.
The treaty is also the first that Japan has signed with a Western country.
“Our alliance [...]