This is Just Bizarre
According to the wires, visiting Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi is a big Elvis fan.

WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush will take time out in a state visit by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to give him a tour of the Elvis shrine at Graceland.

Koizumi arrived in Washington Thursday for talks on the Iraq war, Iran's nuclear program, North Korea's missile threat and global trade.

But Koizumi has been a lifelong fan of Elvis Presley, and shares a Jan. 8 birthday with the late rock star, so Bush agreed to take him to the Memphis landmark where "The King" lived and died, CBS News reported.

Such is Koizumi's regard for Elvis that he once put out a charity CD titled: "Junichiro Koizumi Presents My Favorite Elvis Songs."

- posted by Base10 @ 12:35 PM