The second son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Shinjiro was first elected to the Lower House at the age of 28 in 2009, when the LDP was an opposition party. The environment minister ...

compared with 22% for Economic Security Minister Takaichi and 16% for Shinjiro Koizumi, the 43-year-old son of former premier Junichiro Koizumi. Ishiba generally fares better than Koizumi in ...

Koizumi is the son of former “maverick” prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, and is favoured by younger voters and women - but critics argue that he lacks experience. Third in the running is ...

Shinjiro Koizumi, son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a young and popular politician, was appointed secretary general of the group TOKYO, June 6. /TASS/. Members of the Japanese ...

They are conservative economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, 63, former LDP secretary general Shigeru Ishiba, 67, and ...

Junichiro Koizumi is a Japanese politician, who was the 56th Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended in 2009, and is the sixth longest ...

A political season seems to have set in once again in Japan with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expected to dissolve the House of Representatives on Oct. 10 and call a snap general election for Nov.

The bilateral relationship was going through considerable turbulence triggered by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's official visit to Yasukuni Shrine, which is considered by some as a symbol of ...

Various incidents heightened tensions, beginning with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine and the ensuing Chinese backlash, from the dispute over natural gas development in ...