Prime Minister Launches Election Platform

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 19: Takafumi Horie (R), president and CEO of Japanese software distributor, Livedoor Co. speaks at a press conference after meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the HQ of the Democratic Liberal Party on August 19, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. Horie announced that he will run in the election supporting Koizumi's bill on postal service privatization in September. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)