Koizumi denies backtracking on reform agenda

Koizumi denies backtracking on reform agenda

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) shakes hands with Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party at the end of a parliamentary debate Dec. 5, 2001. The premier denied allegations that he has allowed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party old guards to influence his reform programs. ''The mass media and people who do not believe me say that I have compromised, but that is not the case at all,'' Koizumi said during the debate.

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