Rarely has a single politician so embodied the aspirations, fears and cynicism of a nation as Japan's Shinjiro Koizumi.
The telegenic son of a popular former prime minister seems to mix the most dashing and optimistic parts of leaders such as John F. Kennedy, Tony Blair -- before the Iraq War -- and Justin Trudeau -- before his current racism scandal.
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