Heizō Takenaka is a Japanese economist, retired politician, and political activist last serving as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. As of July 2007, he is a professor at Keio University and an advisor for other academic institutions and companies.
Heizō Takenaka
Heizō Takenaka, 2008.
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (January 28, 2009. Davos)
Junichiro Koizumi is a Japanese retired politician who was Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2009. He is the sixth-longest serving Prime Minister in Japanese history.
Official portrait, 2001
Koizumi as Health Minister, 1997.
Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi and U.S. President George W. Bush meet at the White House on 25 September 2001
Koizumi meets with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on 21 May 2002