picture of the day

Abe in Fukushima

20 Comments

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, raises his fists with his Liberal-Democratic Party members and supporters during his official campaign kick-off for the December 14 lower house election, at the Soma Haragama fishing port in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Tuesday.

© Japan Today

©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.


20 Comments
Login to comment

I do wonder how many of those supporters are working under illegal contracts?

2 ( +5 / -3 )

Idiots following sheep

5 ( +8 / -3 )

Election time coming and has to boost voters so like a page taken out of US politics, give the peasants empty promises and a good bbq.

6 ( +8 / -2 )

There he is: pretending he gives a fig. Wife in tow of course

5 ( +5 / -0 )

Abe: I got you people the Olympics to help prove reconstruction is working, and I PROMISE that reconstruction will reach the target levels of 2012 after the 2020 Olympics are finished!

Sheeple: Hooray!

Abe: I know many of you are working hard in harsh conditions, and I promise to appoint a panel to investigate starting a group to look into seminars into possible theories on how we can make legislation to ask TEPCO to kindly pay you hazard pay, which will of course be their option, after we bail them out only twice, more, tops! If they fail to follow the laws, come and speak to me PERSONALLY through your sub-contracted sub-contractors, who will go through the appropriate channels. I cannot tell you who they are, of course, because we are not sure as that is up to your company -- but here's an anonymous questionnaire that we will publish if you check the box that says you support restarting the NPPs!

Sheeple: Yippee!

Abe: Vote for us, and I promise you that along with contact lens factories in Hiroshima and Nagoya, and highway projects in Okinawa, your sub-contractors will someday see SOME of the money that nations across the world have come together to donate after the disasters of 2011!

Sheeple: Hooray!

Abe: We can never forget the horrible suffering you have endured, and that will go in the history books after I remove a bunch of stuff that we must not allow to be said about Japan and I will visit Yasukuni for you!

Old man: Excuse me, but what does that have to do with --

Abe: You! Officer! Arrest that man! You, Yomiuri photographer! No picture of him or record of him interrupting goes in the newspaper or you'll be jailed! Better yet, get a picture of him raising his hand and right down that he was cheering for me. Ahem! My victory will prove that you all support this and in your honor I will cut corporate taxes and allow them to give you increased wages if they want. That's all I have time for. No questions! although I'll allow you to praise me.

-1 ( +10 / -11 )

smithinjapan and some one is paying you a salary while you type this dribble instead of teaching your classes ?

-8 ( +4 / -12 )

@StormR

Do you REALLY mean to tell me you BELIEVE any "promises" Abe may make (except, of course, the one concerning the restarting the nuclear PPs...) ?

2 ( +3 / -1 )

Here we go again. More Abe promotion pictures in this section of the site. Why is there not more fairness in coverage?

3 ( +4 / -1 )

fightingViking I do not believe much about much but since abe came to power he has crashed the yen, owning an export company that makes me happy, the rest I do not care about.

I hope to see the yen stay around where it is or weaken further, give it another 10 years that's all I need and I am out of here retired living in luxury.

Leave the rest of you to it.

-6 ( +2 / -8 )

After watching some people in the earthquake-hit area give their comments on TV, I wonder just how popular Abe is in Fukushima Prefecture. A couple of these said nothing much has been done since the quake hit ... meaning that nothing much has been done since Abe took command of the situation. Yet there he was today saying everything is under control and something like help is on the way. Mindboggling ...

3 ( +4 / -1 )

I don't know what it is with these politicians constantly doing the fists in the air pose. Form over substance — getting old.

1 ( +2 / -1 )

What a creep! He finally gets to Fukushima, when he thinks it will get votes!

Bigot!

2 ( +3 / -1 )

And the speeches were followed by a hearty lunch of.......?

I doubt it though......

-1 ( +0 / -1 )

How shameless Abe is, he has been to Fukushima so many times for photo-ops yet has done nothing to help the people of that region since he took office.

2 ( +4 / -2 )

StormR, I sincerely hope your company continues to benefit from the fiscal policy to drive an export lead recovery. Japan inc is betting it's economic future others take will your lead. Has your business grown to the stage to hire more staff? Just curious, Abe San third arrow reforms should be targeting business similar to your own.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

@CrickyDEC. 02, 2014 - 02:29PM JST I do wonder how many of those supporters are working under illegal contracts?

'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

What is illegal contracts???

-4 ( +0 / -4 )

kurisupisu

And the speeches were followed by a hearty lunch of: Whale meat and Fukushima rice.

-1 ( +0 / -1 )

Quite while ago, Obe ordered to pau All Tohoku prefectures damage cost quietly (JT reported. Remember?)so they know Abe did not fprget. For them, Abe is not their enemy. Their area govt officials are neglecting. Hope Abe visited Iimori Yama and gave respecteed vist of Bhakkotai yards,

qbe is not their

-3 ( +0 / -3 )

Storm8: "smithinjapan and some one is paying you a salary while you type this dribble instead of teaching your classes ?"

Perfect example! You're given facts that don't paint an element of Japanese society well and all you can do is deflect and attempt to insult. You are a big part of the problem. It's like last week when Takada came under further fire and you claimed deaths had only occurred in the US and Mexico and only those nations were short-cutting and recalling when there was a death and injuries elsewhere and Japan had recalled 1.4 million cars (with requests at 2.14 million). Here we have TEPCO being called to task and it's history shown to be less than ideal -- it's fact -- and all you can do is sayits "Japan bashing". TEPCO and the like need to be held more accountable, and your knee-jerk reaction of any criticism of it and Abe only serves to make them all be taken less seriously and prove said need even more. So, congrats on yet again undermining your 'argument'.

-3 ( +0 / -3 )

Login to leave a comment

Facebook users

Use your Facebook account to login or register with JapanToday. By doing so, you will also receive an email inviting you to receive our news alerts.

Facebook Connect

Login with your JapanToday account

User registration

Articles, Offers & Useful Resources

A mix of what's trending on our other sites