Junichiro Koizumi

Junichiro Koizumi (Japanese: ?????, Koizumi Jun'ichir?, born January 8, 1942) is the current Prime Minister of Japan. Since winning leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in 2001, he has become known as an advocate of reform, focusing on Japan's government debt and the privatization of its postal service. In 2005, he led the LDP to win one of the largest parliamentary majorities in modern Japanese history.

Personal life and education

He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on 8 January 1942, to Junya Koizumi, a director general of the Defense Agency and a second-generation Diet member, and was educated at Yokosuka High School and Keio University, where he studied economics. He attended University College London before returning to Japan in December 1969 on the death of his father.

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Kanagawa Prefecture - 8 January - 1942 - Junya Koizumi - Defense Agency - Diet - Keio University - University College London - 1969

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He married Kayoko Miyamoto in 1978. The marriage ended in divorce in 1982 and he vowed never to marry again. He has three sons, two of whom live with him (Kotaro Koizumi and Shinjiro Koizumi) and have not met their mother since the divorce. The youngest, Yoshinaga Miyamoto, a student at Keio University, has never met his father and was turned away when he tried to meet Junichiro Koizumi by attending his grandmother's funeral. Koizumi's grandfather was Matajiro Koizumi.

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1978 - Divorce - 1982 - Kotaro Koizumi - Shinjiro Koizumi - Matajiro Koizumi

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He is a fan of Elvis Presley and the Japanese rock band X Japan.

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Elvis Presley - X Japan

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