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PRESIDENT BUSH WELCOMES JAPAN PRIME MINISTE JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI

The Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi speaks during his arrival ceremony at the White House in Washington on June 29, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)..

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