President Bush, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi get ready to have lunch at Rendezvous, a barbeque restaurant, after their tour of Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, in Memphis, Tenn., on June 30, 2006.
President Bush, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, center, stand with civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks as they visit the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated, after their tour of Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, on June 30, 2006.
Thank you. Thank you very much. Wearing a pair of gold-rimmed sunglasses, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves after taking a tour of Graceland on June 30, 2006. A lifelong fan of Elvis Presley, Koizumi told reporters in Memphis, Tenn., that "My dream came true."
President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walk past Elvis Presley's pink Cadillac after their private tour of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, June 30, 2006. The visit wrapped up two days of consultations between the two leaders.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, along with President Bush and first lady Laura Bush, leave Graceland after taking a tour of the home of Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tenn., on June 30, 2006. Koizumi is a lifelong fan of the late rock and roll legend.
Channeling "The King," Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi wears gold-rimmed sunglasses and plays the air guitar for Priscilla Presley, center, and Lisa Marie Presley, during his tour of Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, June 30, 2006.
"All shook up?" Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi dances ala Elvis June 30, 2006, as Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley and President George W. Bush watch during a VIP tour of Elvis' Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tenn.
President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, right, take in the ceramic monkeys, floor-and-ceiling green shag carpet and animal-head armrests of Elvis' Jungle Room as they tour Graceland on June 30, 2006.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi holds Elvis' cigar box as he visits the Jungle Room of Presley's Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn, on June 30, 2006. Koizumi is joined by Elvis' widow, Priscilla, and their daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, during the VIP tour.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, right, and President Bush stop in the Jungle Room, complete with green shag carpet ceiling, as Priscilla Presley, left, first lady Laura Bush, second left, and Lisa Marie Presley look on during their tour of Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, June 30, 2006.
President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, right, tour Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, in Memphis, Tenn., on June 30, 2006. Koizumi, a lifelong fan of the rock-and-roll legend, broke out in song throughout the private tour led by Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, center, croons an Elvis tune for Priscilla Presley, left, Lisa Marie Presley, second from right, President Bush, second from left, and Laura Bush, right, in the Jungle Room of Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, in Memphis, Tenn., Friday, June 30, 2006.
Lisa Marie Presley, left, and her mother, Priscilla Presley, await the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and President Bush before they toured Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, on June 30, 2006. Koizumi is a lifelong fan of "The King."
Lisa Marie Presley greets Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi before a tour of Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, on June 30, 2006. Koizumi traveled to Memphis with President George Bush and first lady Laura Bush.
President Bush, far left, and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for a photo with Lisa Marie Presley and Priscilla Presley, far right, before taking a tour of Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, on June 30, 2006.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi tours Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion and wears an actual pair of Elvis' legendary sunglasses while in Memphis, Tenn., on June 30, 2006.
Priscilla Presley, second right, and her daughter, Lisa Marie, center, greet President George W. Bush, left, first lady Laura Bush, right, and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan in front of Elvis Presley's white-columned, two-story colonial known as Graceland, June 30, 2006.
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow wears Elvis-style sunglasses as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, which flew President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Memphis, Tenn. where they visited Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, Friday, June 30, 2006. Elvis music and movies were available on board and fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, Elvis' favorite, were served.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi smiles next to Elvis Presley in the jacket of a limited edition charity CD that featured 25 Elvis songs personally selected by Koizumi as his favorites. Koizumi's summit with President George W. Bush on June 29, 2006, and their joint tour of Elvis' Graceland mansion illustrate some of the reasons he has become a pivotal leader in postwar Japanese politics.
President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi arrive for a tour of Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, on June 30, 2006.