News - Koizumi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Hair topped the agenda when movie star Tom Hanks met Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday, with the normally short-haired Hanks expressing admiration for Koizumi's wavy locks.
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The leaders of Japan and China agreed to meet Saturday in an effort to end a dispute over Japan's World War II aggression that has badly damaged relations between the two Asian powers and alarmed their neighbors.
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will travel to North Korea as early as the end of next week, national broadcaster NHK reported Friday.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet resigned en masse Monday, paving the way for him name a new lineup expected to include new finance and foreign ministers.
