Junichiro Koizumi
Junichiro Koizumi
Junichirō Koizumiis a Japanese politician who was the 87th Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended in 2009, and was the fifth longest serving prime minister in the history of Japan...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth8 January 1942
CountryJapan
adopting barriers economic establish experience fear shackled social stance system
Adopting a stance that does not fear pain, does not flinch at the barriers of vested interests, and is not shackled by the experience of the past, I want to establish an economic and social system suitable for the 21st century.
maintain postal
I will try to maintain the postal network, which is people's important assets, and see to it that no inconvenience will ensue,
conducive create foundation strong task
There will be no end to reforms. Our task now is to create a strong foundation conducive to furthering reforms,
active japanese major played political politics reforms role stays sure system
He had played a major role in post-war Japanese politics and was active in political reforms to make sure that Japan's parliamentary system stays vital,
appealed attack community country eradicate global nuclear
As the only country that has experienced a nuclear attack ... we have appealed to the global community to eradicate nuclear weapons.
cause community convinced council japan reflect reform security
The composition of the Security Council must reflect these fundamental changes. Japan is convinced that Security Council reform is a just cause for the international community -- as is the deletion of the long-obsolete 'enemy state' clauses from the UN Charter,
china decide issues
I will decide appropriately, ... I don't think all the other issues with China would get resolved.
japanese people result stop voice
The result was more than I expected, ... The Japanese people said they wanted to keep reform, not stop reform. That was the voice of the people.
certainly fiscal hear local next opinions realize reform
I will hear the opinions of local governments sincerely. I will certainly realize the reform by next fiscal year.
avoid biggest both concern continue cooperation country economies effects high oil prices regions repeat southeast
We need to continue cooperation with each country to avoid a repeat ... There is concern about the effects of high oil prices on both the biggest economies and in regions like Southeast Asia.
continue countries dialogue extremely including issues ties views
Ties with the two countries are extremely important ... We will continue to have dialogue including on issues where our views differ,
september-11 united-states violence
This outrageous and vicious act of violence against the United States is unforgivable.
countries felt ours pains
The pains felt by Asian countries are our own pains. Disaster in Asia is nothing but ours as well.