TokyoVP said...

TokyoVP at 10:09 PM JST - 24th September

Aso as Foreign Minister ordered MOFA to create an international MANGA award.

Now that there is a Aso Cabinet, how long will it take before the Chief Cabinet Secretary is holding press conferences while referring to a MANGA script??

Maybe Aso is digging out those old MANGA books to prepare…

Posted in New PM Aso forms cabinet with close allies and rivals at 10:09 PM JST - 24th September
TokyoVP at 05:51 PM JST - 21st September

The real story is the end of single party rule in Japan after 60 years.

Henry, explain how Aso is going to reform the LDP?

Posted in Aso's last stand at 05:51 PM JST - 21st September
TokyoVP at 08:59 PM JST - 2nd September

He had never worked as a labour, in his life.

He had never studied for entrance exam in his life.

We had undergone these, Aso never know the life of the Japanese.

Aso replies: Let them read Manga!

Posted in Aso to run in LDP presidential race planned for Sept 22 at 08:59 PM JST - 2nd September
TokyoVP at 10:48 PM JST - 1st September

Talk about timing! Both Abe and Fukuda quit right at the start of the Diet session. And let's not forget both Prime Ministers Mori and Fukuda quit within weeks after the G8 Summit was held in Japan. Diplomatic advice for the next G8 Summit that Japan will host: Ignore the…

Posted in Fukuda resigns as prime minister to avoid political vacuum; Aso says he's willing to run for PM at 10:48 PM JST - 1st September
TokyoVP at 04:22 PM JST - 29th August

Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Ota is the third Agriculture Minister to face corruption charges in the last four Cabinets.

Posted in Ota reveals detailed expenses to clear his name over alleged misuse at 04:22 PM JST - 29th August
TokyoVP at 04:14 PM JST - 29th August

The fanatical pursuit of perfection...applied by perverts!

Posted in 4 charged in underwear theft cases in Aichi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Niigata at 04:14 PM JST - 29th August
TokyoVP at 11:28 PM JST - 26th August

Do Japanese truckers have the balls to stage the first nation-wide strike in Japan in DECADES?? Doubt it, but then again, one can sense a rising tide of discontent. Japan's fishing fleet staged a one day strike a month ago, maybe too many Japanese are reading "Kani Ko Sen."

Posted in Trucking firms call for gov't action on high fuel prices at 11:28 PM JST - 26th August
TokyoVP at 11:19 PM JST - 26th August

Maybe Japan should be more upset with the Taliban than North Korea and the abductee issue?? Two Japanese shot to death, and now this? Where is the outrage?? Also, two Japanese MOFA officials where killed in Iraq a few years back, right? Gunned down in their car on an Iraqi…

Posted in Still no word on fate of Japanese NGO member kidnapped in Afghanistan at 11:19 PM JST - 26th August
TokyoVP at 06:27 PM JST - 21st August

Men who die for their country should be honored. The Vietnam Memorial in Washington does not opine on a just war or if the cause was good. This is the trouble with Yasukuni and the Yushukan museum. There are too many speeches and displays disturbing the hallowed grounds of the…

Posted in Yasukuni at 06:27 PM JST - 21st August
TokyoVP at 05:51 PM JST - 21st August

Ok, that was quick...what was the punishment for the Sumo Stable Master who supervised the murder, by bully beating with beer bottles, of a teenage wannabe wrestler earlier this year? Is he still on trial??? Was he banned for life???

Posted in Russian sumo wrestler banned for life at 05:51 PM JST - 21st August