Posted on 08/02/2004 12:07:06 PM PDT by weegee
TOKYO — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday branded Michael Moore's popular and controversial documentary film "Fahrenheit 9/11" as being politically biased.
"I don't want to watch such a politically biased movie that much," Koizumi told reporters in saying he has no plans to go see the record-breaking documentary.
"Criticizing Bush or criticizing Koizumi, it's no use just criticizing. Constructive discussions should take place rather than criticisms," he said.
The film has made more than $100 million, the highest ever for a documentary, in about one month since it opened in late June in the United States.
It takes a stab at U.S. President George W Bush and his administration for leading the United States and its allies into war with Iraq under false pretenses in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept 11, 2001.
Koizumi expressed support for the United States in the war against Iraq, and Japan has sent Self-Defense Forces troops to the country for postwar reconstruction efforts.
The film opens in Japan on Aug 14. (Kyodo News)
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Japan is also giving Iraq $1.5 billion this year, and loaning them $3.5 billion over 2005-2007.
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