Nickname of the Week

By PAUL GRAY/

TOSHIKI KAIFU

Journalists in Japan have taken to calling their Prime Minister "Bush- Phone," a term that sounds more derisive in Japanese than it does in translation. The nickname implies that Kaifu cannot make a decision without having President Bush on the line. Uh-oh. What about "Kaifu-Phone?"

With reporting by David E. Thigpen