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In Japan, female 'assassins' look to slay old political guard

''Koizumi is sending out assassins who don't look scary in the beginning because they are women," said Koki Kobayashi, one of the ousted LDP legislators. Now a member of a small conservative party, Kobayashi is facing a showdown with Koike, who is also Koizumi's environmental minister and speaks fluent English and Arabic. Kobayashi said running against Koike was ''a frightening concept."