Koizumi was marvelous at giving flavor to politics, … Eccentrics like Koizumi have been underplayed in the past. But the time has come for Japanese eccentrics to come to center stage.

The Japanese government should say that we need a solid alliance with the United States, but at the same time we need a friendly China. And very threatening statements by the U.S. government may not...

Japan is in a great transition and can’t do much.

This is a country of swing voters, … They swing to Koizumi and the LDP now, but they can swing away.

This is a country of swing voters. They swing to Koizumi and the LDP now, but they can swing away.