Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Saturday visited the island of Miyake, currently uninhabited after its residents were evacuated last year following volcanic activity, for the first time since his inauguration in late April.
Koizumi arrived on the island aboard a Self-Defense Forces helicopter. By bus, he toured a construction site for an erosion-control barrier and houses that were damaged by mudslides.
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