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Koizumi

British  
/ ˌkɔɪˈzuːmɪ /

noun

  1. Junichiro (ˌjunɪˈkiro). born 1941, Japanese politician; prime minister (2001–06)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Koizumi left the shrine without responding to reporters' questions, but he later said on Instagram that he visited to "offer his sincere condolences to the heroic spirits who sacrificed their precious lives for the nation."

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

In January Takaichi and President Lee Jae Myung jammed on the drums together, while Koizumi played ping-pong with his counterpart.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Tokyo's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said this week that Japan's military needs to be boosted with a "sense of urgency and crisis".

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Defence Minister Shinjirō Koizumi said in a post on X that about 300 air conditioning units would be flown to Kumamoto and distributed in the worst-hit areas.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The only way out of the difficulty, he concluded, was to abandon his English nationality and adopt his wife's family name, Koizumi.

From Lafcadio Hearn by Nina H. Kennard

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