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Miyuki Hatoyama named Best Jeanist for 2009

National Oct. 20, 2009 - 08:02AM JST ( 52 )

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SargeOct. 20, 2009 - 07:02AM JST

The woman does indeed look great in jeans!
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jeffreyOct. 20, 2009 - 07:21AM JST

What an embarrassment. She'll do as much to sink her husband's success as any failed policy. Flake does not begin to describe this woman.
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MakunOct. 20, 2009 - 07:27AM JST

It's not even fair to make a pun about the "best of" something anymore here...Because it will actually exist.
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tokyotomOct. 20, 2009 - 07:30AM JST

spot on Makun!
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smartacusOct. 20, 2009 - 07:35AM JST

Koda is dressed like a 5-year-old.
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DisillusionedOct. 20, 2009 - 07:37AM JST

The first lady? She is the Prime Minister's wife.
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jeffreyOct. 20, 2009 - 07:51AM JST

smartacus at 07:35 AM JST - 20th October Koda is dressed like a 5-year-old.

A poorly dressed 5-year old at that.
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whatanidiotOct. 20, 2009 - 07:52AM JST

do they have to mention in every single articles about the UFO and tom cruise stories ? that is ok ! we heard it ! stop bringing it back everytime !!! that is not all that define her ! find something else !
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kirakira25Oct. 20, 2009 - 08:09AM JST

I for one am glad to see a Japanese first lady who actually appears to have a pulse. Far from sinking her husbands success I think she might just be someone to get people interested in politics who never were before and maybe, just maybe, provide something of a role model to certain Japanese ladies to actually take an interest in what their husbands actually do.
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GWOct. 20, 2009 - 08:11AM JST

hey jt how about giving us a list of all these -ists competitions do jt posters can get into the action if they want haha.

btw when will the announce the best sock-ist anyway!!!
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blvtzpkOct. 20, 2009 - 08:26AM JST

It's back with the '-ist' awards...I thought they might have been a passing trend, once-too-many-times mocked by the JT community. But they survive!

Best Manglish Award Title Survivalist!
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neverknow2Oct. 20, 2009 - 08:39AM JST

Dear whoever wrote this boring story,

'Jeanist' is not a word.
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bamboohatOct. 20, 2009 - 08:40AM JST

I have long wished to win the prize, as I’m a big fan of jeans

Whoever is behind this -ist award phenomenon has even the first lady of the second largest economy in the world spouting their nonsense like a puppet.

Illuminati?
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bgaudryOct. 20, 2009 - 08:53AM JST

Dear whoever wrote this boring story, 'Jeanist' is not a word.

They used the same word last year which means that when they report on this idiotic event next year, this "word" will have been used 3 times in "print." Which means that it is likely to become English, sigh............
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bilbobagginsOct. 20, 2009 - 09:01AM JST

this woman is so unlikeable. why is the media trying to hard to make her work...
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neverknow2Oct. 20, 2009 - 09:17AM JST

his "word" will have been used 3 times in "print."

I tried google and the only time the word appears is in Japanese newspaper articles online.
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SargeOct. 20, 2009 - 09:33AM JST

"this woman is so unlikeable"

Colorful, yes. Quirky, yes. Unlikeable? What's not to like?

And that's the cutest version of Kumi Koda I've ever seen!
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ratpackOct. 20, 2009 - 09:35AM JST

“I have long wished to win the prize, as I’m a big fan of jeans" Hatoyama said..........what a load of hog crap!!!! As if this was on your "to do" list. What else is on it???Lets see umm next up the hot dog eating contest.
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nightvisionOct. 20, 2009 - 09:47AM JST

YAY!

Best ___-ist days are here again!!!
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JunnamaOct. 20, 2009 - 09:51AM JST

If someone had told me these two would ever appear on stage together I wouldn't have believed it. Look out Ku-chan she's old - yosui kusatteru!!
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USNinJapan2Oct. 20, 2009 - 10:46AM JST

So next year to even the score Michelle will have to be named Best Jeanist 2010 and Yukio will have to win the Nobel Peace Prize. : )
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seesawOct. 20, 2009 - 12:20PM JST

The former actress said she is trying to change her husband’s rather stiff and professor-like appearance.

Wow..she sure likes all the impossible and unbelievable things in life...:)
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cooperstownOct. 20, 2009 - 12:31PM JST

"Best Jeanist"?
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YelnatsOct. 20, 2009 - 12:37PM JST

I think she looks great for 66. Weird but funny lady. Would love to sit down with her and chat over a beer, while wearing jeans and flip flops of course.
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stirfryOct. 20, 2009 - 01:53PM JST

good thing the photo caption indentified who was who
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norinrad21Oct. 20, 2009 - 02:15PM JST

slow day on JT
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bilbobagginsOct. 20, 2009 - 02:45PM JST
**Colorful, yes. Quirky, yes. Unlikeable? What's not to like?

And that's the cutest version of Kumi Koda I've ever seen!**
- just get her off the t.v. shes of no significance. more koda kumi please
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seesawOct. 20, 2009 - 02:49PM JST

Miyuki met her future husband, Yukio Hatoyama, in San Francisco, California, while Yukio was a student at Stanford University.[3] Miyuki and Yukio married in 1975, after Miyuki divorced her previous husband,[3] a restaurateur.[7] The couple has one son, Kiichiro, who is currently an engineering researcher studying in Russia.[1]

Checked out wiki about her...that's colourful?...:)
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marushkaOct. 20, 2009 - 04:45PM JST

she looks very good, has got a taste in fashion, but she should not give any comments to media especially about UFO:))
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bilbobagginsOct. 20, 2009 - 04:47PM JST

nope.. its not colorful at all. i think they were trying to find a nice way to say shes out of her mind so that people will like her and vicariously her husband.
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SwissToniOct. 20, 2009 - 04:53PM JST

She looks OK. Not quite a Lulu though.
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realistOct. 20, 2009 - 05:52PM JST

A "jeanist" - now there`s a new one. Something like a communist, only in blue?
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taisho999Oct. 20, 2009 - 06:12PM JST

And the way Kumi Koda looks, she wins the prize for looking like the best five year oldist.
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R_M_sOct. 20, 2009 - 06:43PM JST

Wow, is it that time of year already?
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soothsayerOct. 20, 2009 - 08:00PM JST

It's time to annoy the idiots who celebrate this award and maybe wake a few of them up. Let's organise a "best kimonoka" (Duh, they say Judoka, don't dey?), or "best kimono samyoorai" award for the hollywood celebrity who looks the least embarrassed in a nylon, made-in-china bathrobe resplendant with an out-of-focus print of Mt. Fuji on it!
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moonbeamsOct. 20, 2009 - 09:16PM JST

This is so awesome.

After years of LDP we finally have a Japan that might be politically in tune with it's social elements.
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WeaselOct. 20, 2009 - 10:24PM JST

Who won the Jeanist prize last year?
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SargeOct. 20, 2009 - 10:28PM JST

Weasel - Would you believe that cute little girl standing next to Miyuki was the 2008 Best Jeanist?
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GenkiDesuKaOct. 20, 2009 - 10:42PM JST

slow day on JT

Actually, the yearly announcement of the year's best jeanist is a highlight of reading this website.
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JohnBeckerOct. 21, 2009 - 12:42AM JST

I've been pondering since last year.... is this an acheivement in jeanism, or in jeanistry?
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bobbafettOct. 21, 2009 - 12:58AM JST

I've been pondering since last year.... is this an acheivement in jeanism, or in jeanistry?

it doesn't take a jeaneist to figure that out.
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PachiproOct. 21, 2009 - 01:19AM JST

Maybe she is a just a good jeaneticist who majored in jeaneology and thus, she has good jeans!
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bobbafettOct. 21, 2009 - 01:36AM JST

I think she is just jenial all round and to still have a bell bottom at 66 instead of an eyesore narrowing taper is a miracle.
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bobbafettOct. 21, 2009 - 01:39AM JST

check out the lovely couple from a few years back...

http://www.instapunk.com/archives/InstaPunkArchiveV2.php3?a=1876
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GenkiDesuKaOct. 21, 2009 - 02:53AM JST

To anyone who doesn't think it is important:

“I have long wished to win the prize, as I’m a big fan of jeans,” Hatoyama said.

People who don't like this award are just not fans of jeans.

Didn't Kusanagi win this award a few years back?
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ca1ic0catOct. 21, 2009 - 05:44AM JST

It's the aliens wot done it for Miyuki-chan. Maybe she can introduce us?
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zaichikOct. 21, 2009 - 04:17PM JST

That must mean it's nraly time for the best pearlist award....
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dolphingirlOct. 21, 2009 - 11:03PM JST

A childhood dream come true! Congrats! I'm also happy that we can now add -ist to clothing items: sockist, t-shirtist... Next they'll have colonies for these people right down the beach from the nudists!
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DeepAir65Oct. 25, 2009 - 08:02AM JST

BBC were having fun with this award - check it out on Odd Box.
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PepinGalargaOct. 26, 2009 - 12:11AM JST

Man, i was hoping for a nice money shot here... Now i won't be able to sleep for 3 days.