TOKYO -- With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe trying to shore up his ailing administration after a massive defeat in the recent Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, Shinjiro Koizumi, the popular 36-year-old Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, is likely to hold the key.
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Can 'Prince' Koizumi save the LDP?
A rout in the capital election pushes the popular lawmaker to political center stage
Katsuaki Kamiji, right, celebrates his first victory in the Yokosuka mayoral election with LDP lawmaker Shinjiro Koizumi, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 25. (Kyodo)
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