Sunday May 27, 2012

I pledge

I pledge
PHOTO BY HITOSHI YAMADA/ NIPPON NEWS

Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), poses for photographers with a copy of his party’s pledge next to a campaign poster during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.

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    blvtzpk

    The "We thought we Kould, but now realize that we Kan't" backpedaling manifesto.

    Back the (the reality of?) vague, amorphous, semi-promises and the world of 'Maybe' for Japanese politics.

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    Gurukun

    "I think I Kan, I think I Kan, I think I Kan...."

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    hoserfella

    I wonder if his PR people had to explain to him what a smile was before the photo.

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    combinibento

    I'm surprised they didn't pick a shot of him with rolled up sleeves...

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    jj1980

    I think he dresses better than the last PM to say the least.

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    thepro

    All these guys are is slogans. Kan will be just as useless as the rest.

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    CityView

    A "genki" Japan where we give voting rights to non-Japanese nationals and ask other countries to release terrorists who have kidnapped Japanese nationals???

    This is a sad parody.

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    Noripinhead

    Manifesto...as in The Communist?

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    smartacus

    What about the Cool Biz look?

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    nedinjapan

    If they survive this coming election, we shall see his true face ; - )

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    Japlan

    Lets Genki Japan! ...if I don't have a hazukashi scandal to apologize for in the next 9 months...

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    bubzabub

    Kan is about to face a scandal over non-payment of pension contributions.

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    tokyotales

    Let's Smiling! Let's Working! Let's Shopping! Let's Saving! ... Let's Scandal?

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    kupapa

    Typical Japanese. Wear the same shirt & tie in all 3 shots, but the jacket & lapel pin make it "a totally different" photo shoot pose.

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