30 July 2001, 10:34  Japan's Koizumi likely to compromise on reform despite win

Tokyo, July 30 (BridgeNews) - Growing concern over Japan's weak economy is expected to force Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to make compromises to his structural reform agenda and compile a sizeable supplementary budget despite the coalition party's strong showing in Sunday's election, traders and analysts said. Japan's coalition government easily held on to its majority of seats in Sunday's election for the parliament's House of Councillors.

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