Shiokawa seems a uninspiring choice in comparison to his colourful colleagues in the new cabinet, including Mr Koizumi or Economics Minister Heizo Takenaka, both of whom appearfrequently on television.
Not to worry: Once Ambrose stops sulking and comes up with a credible mea culpa, he too will be restored to good standing within the punditocracy, and once again will see his words appearfrequently in national magazines--within quotation marks and attributed to him in the text.
More prominently-placed tiles in the phone's contacts manager have their published content (status updates, for instance) appear more frequently on the screen.