今年の注目株に小泉進次郎氏　英紙、「世界の２０人」に選定

　【ロンドン時事】２日付の英紙タイムズは、２０２０年の世界をつくる「注目株の２０人」の一人に、日本の小泉進次郎環境相を選んだ。同紙は「イケメンだが自分の考えを持たない世襲の政治貴族なのか、彼の世代で最も興味深くて有望な政治家なのか。二つの（相反する）見方がある」と述べ、「今年は彼が試される一年になる」と指摘した。
　同紙は小泉氏を「自信に満ちた態度で、いかにもお金をかけていそうな髪形をし、華やかな結婚相手がいる」と紹介。「リベラル志向のクールなオーラを維持しながら、保守的な政権で権力を握った抜け目ない政治家」とも評した。（2020/01/03-06:55）

The Times has selected Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi as one of the "Twenty faces to look out for in 2020."
   There are two opposite views of Koizumi--either he is a hereditary political aristocrat with a pretty face but no original ideas or he is the most interesting and promising Japanese politician of his generation, the British newspaper said, adding that Koizumi will face a real test this year.
   Koizumi looks full of confidence and has expensive-looking hair, the paper said, adding that he is also a shrewd political operator who has risen to power in a nationalist conservative government while maintaining about himself an aura of liberal-minded cool.
   Koizumi, the second son of former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who was in the top government post in 2001-2006, became environment minister in a cabinet reshuffle in September 2019, taking up a ministerial post for the first time.
   The 38-year-old rising political star made headlines when he announced in August last year that he would marry Christel Takigawa, a freelance television presenter. The couple soon filed a marriage notification to a city office.