News Flash: Japanese Prime Minister rules out negotiating with Godzilla led Monster Island government

While many of the world's hot spots have cooled in the last few years, one of the world's oldest conflicts flared up again this evening when the Godzilla led coalition won in a major landslide on Monster Island. Political observers believed that the coalition would have a chance at winning about 30 percent of the seats, so everyone was surprised when Godzilla and his allies won an amazing 78 percent of seats in the Monster Island Lower House of Parliament, no one more so than Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who spoke to this reporter through his spokesman. "The Prime Minister is obviously upset by these events. At present we are looking at all options in dealing with this crisis," the spokesman added.

At present these options include cutting all aid to the island, which has been under Japanese military controll since 1954, when Japan first defeated Godzilla. "Many Japanese people still remember the attacks on Tokyo. We were just recovering from the Pacific War, and here comes a giant irradiated lizard, trying to tell us what to do."

Since 1994, Japan and Monster Island have tried to come up with a lasting peace. In the late 1990's the Mothra led government reached out to the citizens of Japan and promised a new and brighter future. However sporatic attacks by the Monster Island Liberation Organization (MLO), have left many Japanese worried that there could be no peace between the two Pacific neighbors.

In an earlier statement, before the election, Koizumi asked the various monsters who reside on the island to think about peace before placing their votes. "The Japanese people will always consider Godzilla a terrorist, no matter how often he says he has changed. It seems like he is attacking us or planning on attacking us, every two years, during the summer holidays. When one thinks of all of the train lines that he has destroyed, electricity towers he has toppled and of all the hospitals he has stepped on, one wonders how anyone could even consider voting for him or any of his allies."

So for now it looks like there will only be continued tensions in the Pacific Rim. This reporter will continue to report on this story as events upfold.