Uncertainty Clouds Koizumi's Victory

BBC News, 12 September 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4236760.stm

Koizumi Wins Reform Mandate

The Guardian Weekly, September, 2005http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/story/0,,1570704,00.html

Latter-Day Samurai Could Transform Japanese Politics

The Guardian, 12 September 2005, http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1567715,00.html

Japan Emerges as America's Deputy Sheriff in the Asia-Pacific

The Guardian, 19 April, 2005, http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1463077,00.html

Japan's US Alliance Hamstringing Its Leadership Potential?

Japan Times, 10 March 2004, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20040310k3.htm

Japan Struggles for Place in World

BBC News, 18 October 2004 2004,http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3744376.stm