PM Koizumi: "I Am Not A Dictator!"

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Koizumi: I Am Not A Dictator!
11:42, 7 Feb. 2003 [Dow Jones] Japan PM Koizumi, battered by opposition attacks in Diet and support sinking below 50% in polls, tries to put happy face on LDP feuding stalling his reform agenda; "I am not a dictator," he says under fierce questioning in parliament...

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Koizumi: I Am Not A Dictator!

And in related news...The Pot calls the Kettle black.

Kan criticizes Koizumi, says Nissan's Ghosn "doing betterOpposition leader Naoto Kan on Thursday criticized Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi over Japan's slow economic recovery, and said in a parliamentary debate session it stands in sharp contrast with the way Nissan Motor Co President Carlos Ghosn has handled the revival of the restructuring auto giant.