Cruise and Koizumi press flesh

John@britblog beats me to this story about Tom Cruise singing an Elvis duet with the Japanese Prime Minister while in town to promote the forthcoming Last Samurai. The song apparently was I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, according to the Osaka edition of Sports Nippon. Reports vary as to who initiated the meeting, but with elections approaching and his LDP opposition sharpening their swords, it's not hard to see why Koizumi would want to draft in a bit of glam in the hope that it rubs off.