Going into the election there was an expectation that Koizumi's popularity would be reflected in the results for the LDP. I'm a little bit surprised that the LDP didn't do better.

With the sustained popularity of online communities, we've seen a huge demand for our live communications tools, and we're working aggressively to expand our features to meet and exceed market expectations. It's simply remarkable to be providing the tools that enable millions of people around the world to connect and communicate.

You said, 'I'm going to be on your show,' and I was more interested in the car. People say that to me all the time - they say, 'Hey Oprah, I just wrote a book,' or 'I'm a singer,' but you're the first person who ever made that true.

The conscientious Radical is faced with great difficulties. He knows that he can increase his popularity by being false to his creed, and appealing to hatreds that have nothing to do with the reforms in which he believes

Dollar/yen has responded to horrific weakness in data which has continued over the last business day in Japan. Machinery orders were a bit of a horror story.

There is a lack of confidence but there were not any fundamental developments at all.