Prime Minister Launches Election Platform

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 19: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers a speech at the HQ of his ruling party, Democratic Liberal Party as he announces the party's formal election platform, on August 19, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. Koizumi met with Takafumi Horie, president and CEO of Japanese software distributor, Livedoor Co. earlier today and decided that Horie will run in the election supporting Koizumi's bill on postal service privatization. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)