Environment Minister: Minister and Koizumi

environment minister: By dealing with environmental problems, I believe innovations will occur one after another, which will create business opportunities. ; To create such a positive cycle, Koizumi called for attracting increased investment to Japan, according to The Japan Times. I'll fulfill my duty as if I'm not only the environment minister but also the minister in charge of social reforms, he said. Countermeasures against global warming can't work without innovation, the 38-year-old said at a news conference after assuming his first ministerial post in a Cabinet reshuffle. Koizumi, the second son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, has been touted as a potential future prime minister and has recently made headlines for his surprise marriage to TV personality Christel Takigawa. We will be doomed if we let nuclear accidents recur, he said. On Japan's nuclear power plants, many of which remain offline due to strict safety guidelines introduced after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, Koizumi said, I would like to study how we will scrap them, not how to retain them. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.