Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is leading in support from fellow lawmakers in Japan’s ruling party leadership ...

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Good looks, a knack for public speaking and an illustrious surname — it is no wonder that Shinjiro Koizumi has been at the ...

The pledge by 43-year-old Shinjiro Koizumi, the youngest candidate in the running to be Japan's next prime minister, to hold ...

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Japan's former Environment Minister and leading prime ministerial candidate Shinjiro Koizumi said he would respect the ...

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Japan and the United States should avoid confrontation about the steel industry and work together amid competition from China ...

TOKYO – Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is leading in support from fellow lawmakers in Japan’s ruling party ...