Both Mr. Aso and Ms. Koike are staunch Washington supporters. Last year, Ms.

麻生和小池都是华盛顿的坚定支持者。

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Mr Aso will face a challenge from Yuriko Koike, a former defence minister, who will try to rally disaffected Koizumi followers behind her.

麻生将面对前防卫大臣小池百合子的挑战，她尝试把不满小泉的人聚集起来。

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One reason why Mr Koike decided to base Tecsis in Brazil was that the country has a thriving aerospace industry and a successful Aeronautical Institute of Technology.

Koike先生在巴西建立 Tecsis公司的原因之一，就是那里有欣欣向荣的航天工业和宇航科技研究所。

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Japanese speculators, says Mr Koike with a flick of his nose, smelt easy money.

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Mr Koike had become particularly interested in the work of Bill Gross, whose west coast Internet incubator, idealab!

ECONOMIST: Face value

With his friend Kiyoshi Nishikawa, whose company, NetAge, was also setting up shop as an incubator, Mr Koike dreamed up the Bit Valley Association.

ECONOMIST: Face value