Koizumi Begins Stump for Upper House Poll
391787 03: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who is also president of the Liberal Democratic Party, gestures as he begins his campaign July 12, 2001 for the July 29 House of Councilors election in Tokyo''s Yurakucho. The election is the first nationwide poll since he became prime minister in late April. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)