[Sonny M]

A buddy of mind who is from Japan keeps comparing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to former President Reagan.

He views Koizumi to be the most conservative Prime Minister in a long time.

My buddy is also a conservative but I'm not sure how much of this is cult of personality and how much of it is policy based.

[snowsislander]

A buddy of mind who is from Japan keeps comparing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to former President Reagan.

He views Koizumi to be the most conservative Prime Minister in a long time.

My buddy is also a conservative but I'm not sure how much of this is cult of personality and how much of it is policy based.

Yes; as I said in post #1, I think that Prime Minister is the best and most able post-war prime minister. His family is a politically prominent one, and he is a worthy scion in my opinion.