Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi talks to the media

JAPAN - JULY 12: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi talks to the media at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo, Monday, July 12, 2004, following a slim LDP victory in the Upper House elections late Sunday, Koizumi is expected to reshuffle his cabinet in August. Koizumi said that the economic reforms he has pursued have been effective and he will keep pursuing policies to change the world's second-largest economy. (Photo by Andy Rain/Bloomberg via Getty Images)