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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has never been popular with other politicians, even those in his own Liberal Democratic Party. But the days when he could count on strong public support seem to be slipping away as well. According to a poll conducted by the Asahi newspaper, Koizumi's approval rating has fallen to 33%, the lowest since he took office nearly four years ago. No single event seems to have triggered the drop-off; instead, a number of slow-burning factors have quietly eroded his support, which ran as high as 84% shortly after he became Prime Minister...
Jenkins' world suddenly began to brighten two years ago. The breakthrough was Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il (the son and successor of Kim Il Sung) in Pyongyang. Kim confirmed Japan's long-held suspicion that North Korea had been kidnapping Japanese citizens and forcing them to teach at its spy schools. Soga, Jenkins' wife, was acknowledged to be among the abductees. After the summit, she and the four others Pyongyang said were still alive returned to Japan for what was meant to be a 10-day visit. They never went back...
...Jenkins' world suddenly began to brighten two years ago. The breakthrough was Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il (the son and successor of Kim Il Sung) in Pyongyang. Kim confirmed Japan's long-held suspicion that North Korea had been kidnapping Japanese citizens and forcing them to teach at its spy schools. Soga, Jenkins' wife, was acknowledged to be among the abductees. After the summit, she and the four others Pyongyang said were still alive returned to Japan for what was meant to be a 10-day visit. They never went back...
...Asia?a second Bush term has its merits. He is a known quantity. His focus on the war on terror has forced nations like Pakistan and the Philippines to confront demons they have long tried to pretend didn't exist. Bush was, in effect, endorsed by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who has supported the war in Iraq and whose willingness to shoulder a greater security burden in Asia suits the U.S. fine. Leaders in the region saw a protectionist in John Kerry: they heard that grave quaver whenever he pronounced the word outsourcing, a term that to Asians just...
...Soga is the reason that Jenkins came back to the outside world. When Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il in October 2002, Kim confirmed Japan's long-held conviction that North Korea had engaged in a systematic program of kidnapping Japanese citizens and pressing them into service as teachers at the Hermit Kingdom's spy schools. The abductees returned to Japan for a 10-day visit that wound up being permanent after they declined to return, but Jenkins had stayed behind in the North with his two daughters. In the past two years...