They're sleeping in the same bed, but dreaming different dreams.
The well-known Japanese saying is the best way to describe Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who has been re-elected head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and many members of the party who voted for him during Saturday's presidential poll.
Most LDP lawmakers still oppose Koizumi's austere reform drive, but they voted for him to take advantage of the prime minister's solid support among the public and protect their own Diet seats in the upcoming Diet elections.
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