Graceland to host Bush, Japanese prime minister

When Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi tours Graceland later this month with President Bush, he will be representing a big constituency — Japan has droves of Elvis Presley fans, and the biggest Elvis fan club in all of East Asia.

Koizumi, of course, is the most famous.

Last year he serenaded Bush with "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" at a birthday party for the president. Apparently it made quite an impression — Bush and his wife, Laura, will accompany Koizumi on his June 30 visit to Presley's estate in Memphis, Tenn.

"It's exciting," Jack Soden, chief executive of Elvis Presley Enterprises, said of the upcoming visit. "Two world leaders, plus Elvis, plus Graceland."