I lie, "NO PROBLEM." -- PM Koizumi

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Prime Minister Koizumi: Breaking vows to the public is no big problem -- It was a moment Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) members had long been waiting for: Their leader finally got the best of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Naoto Kan on Thursday so relentlessly pestered Koizumi about his broken campaign promises that the rattled prime minister blurted out that breaking vows to the public is not a ``major problem.''---Asahi Shimbun; 24 Jan. 2003