tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post7920164457485426543..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: There Is Only One ReasonMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-57966661218444863692014-12-09T02:38:32.840+09:002014-12-09T02:38:32.840+09:00For a while, I thought Abe has replaced Novak Djok...For a while, I thought Abe has replaced Novak Djokovic as the new spokesperson for Uniqlo winter jackets.<br /><br />Seeing that bright red slogan, it led me thinking.<br /><br />Normally, you would associate the colour red with progressive parties and blue with conservative parties. The Americans are the first to go against this trend, with the Republicans in red and Democrats in blue (hence Red States and Blue States).<br /><br />And now it seems, Japan is becoming the second country to follow this American trend. With the media labelling the LDP red and the DPJ blue in recent elections. To the point now that even the LDP has adopted red as their semi-official colour, even though the DPJ's logo is still bright red.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-35479197653476788322014-12-08T21:28:39.173+09:002014-12-08T21:28:39.173+09:002016 or (and) bust !2016 or (and) bust !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-64460972758711236052014-12-06T21:28:39.727+09:002014-12-06T21:28:39.727+09:00Stories like
"Struggling Sony to cut pay eve...Stories like<br /><br />"Struggling Sony to cut pay even as PM Abe calls for higher wages"<br />http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/05/us-sony-pay-idUSKCN0JJ0TX20141205<br /><br />"Japanese bankruptcies linked to yen hit record high"<br />http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2014/12/06/2003606051<br /><br />Makes these slogans extra ironic.jaichindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353840403106041580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-38173010992753579752014-12-06T16:29:40.372+09:002014-12-06T16:29:40.372+09:00Indeed.
There's only one way that will keep t...Indeed.<br /><br />There's only one way that will keep the LDP and their minions' fingers deep in the pie, anyway. There are several other ways that would <i>actually</i> improve the lives of everyone in the country, but since that would mean a few families have to forgo their seventeenth besshou in Karuizawa and a few old men have to actually pay for their servicing by university students, we're stuck with "the only way".<br /><br />On a related point, I'm currently stuck halfway through the fourth volume of Shizumanu Taiyou, because the descriptions of the attitudes and actions of said old men make me too angry to keep reading.Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-27523036487953767412014-12-06T11:03:33.571+09:002014-12-06T11:03:33.571+09:00Margaret Thatcher: "There is no alternative.&...Margaret Thatcher: "There is no alternative."Johnhttp://asazuke.comnoreply@blogger.com