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savethegaijin
Takigawa, 41, told reporters at the prime minister's office she is pregnant.
I'd say 80-90% of the marriages I've been to in this country follow in that order. More power to them I guess, hope they're happy.
shonanbb
Get pregnant, get married, get divorced. Quite common in Japan.
Kaerimashita
Another political dynasty in the making. With celeb baby on the way already.
Silvafan
Shotgun wedding!
redelmotalking
Good luck to the happy couple. Nice to see a half Japanese marrying a future prime minister and nobody seems to care. Japan is ever so slowly diversifying....
Jimizo
No, it’s time Japan ditched the family business approach to politics. That would be a move forward and a generational shift.
Kestrel
Isnt this the wrong Koizumi?
TheLongTermer
yeah you see that allot especially the halfu tarento
moonbloom
[ On Wednesday they visited the current Japanese leader, Shinzo Abe, at his office to inform him of the news. ]
Well wonderful just what we need another Abe follower.
SaikoPhysco
Ahhhh..... did you know that "shotgun wedding" actually was taken from Japan? Yes... its true... Katana Kekkon, existed well before shotgun.
Spitfire
"I can escape the battlefield that is politics."
He must be having a laugh,right?
In Japan there is no 'battlefield'........everything is a given to the 'Silver-spooned' brigade.
Wallace Fred
What does this even mean? How is it measurable?
TheLongTermer
Mixed is the more appealing term, I agree but in Japanese minds, she isnt 100% Japanese so she is a halfu.
Very beautiful woman. Koizumi scored himself a halfu.
Akie
Perfect marriage. Politicians and comedians are path toward a leadership, in Japan, because all you have to deliver is jokes.
Ascissor
I guess they received the royal benediction, then.
oldman_13
Good for them, congrats.
By the way the elder Koizumi offered apologies to the Chinese people near the Marco Polo bridge and visited a museum detailing war dead in fight against Japan, nearly 20 years ago. Good man he is.
gokai_wo_maneku
She is half French. I wonder how Koizumi's supporters are reacting to that.
Samit Basu
Is Japan ready for a Hafu first lady sometime in the future?
Samit Basu
@gokai_wo_maneku
Koizumi clan represents the Satsuma faction, aka the home base of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which historically has been more open-minded than the Choshu faction represented by Abe clan.
So it won't be a problem with the Koizumi supporters. Can't think of Abe doing the same though, if Abe san had children which he doesn't.
InspectorGadget
Ha ha. "At least once"
TheLongTermer
Your in Japan, thats how it is. and the sad thing is, most "halfu" like the term
Scrote
I hope Oleaginous Koizumi does a better job at parenting than his deadbeat dad, who ran away from his responsibilities and has never even seen one of his sons.
Bambie
Not surprising that he chose an intelligent and respectable tv personality. Congratulations! Good for them.