Junichiro Koizumi Gives Speech At Summit
A ramen speech at a ramen summit:
Junichiro Koizumi never hosted a G8 summit while in office, but this week the popular former Japanese prime minister popped up at a “World Ramen Summit”, where he touted the tasty noodles as a universal treat.
“Ramen is not just for Japan, but it is also for the world and the universe,” Koizumi, whose colorful ways made him one of Japan’s most popular leaders ever, told business people from about 20 countries in Osaka, western Japan, on Wednesday.
Koizumi, prime minister from 2001 to 2006, was attending a biannual gathering organized by the ramen noodle industry aimed at improving noodle quality and boosting consumption.
In the video embedded in this post, Koizumi makes some remarks about the importance of the choice of chicken as the first flavor of instant ramen. Unlike pork ramen, people of many religions can eat and enjoy chicken ramen!
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Thanks, James. I don’t watch much broadcast TV, so I would’ve missed this one without your post. The King of Political Improv Theater hasn’t lost a step,has he?
Mssrs. Aso and Yosano are nice people, and I wouldn’t mind living next door to any of those ex-DPJ leaders, but it would be nice to have that alternative.
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Such a shame that there is no one like Koizumi in Japanese politics today…
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The world of politics really need more of this quality, 90% of all politicans are scum.
Though, I prefer a hot cup of ramen.
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Saying Koizumi is a good politician is like saying chicken ramen is the best because chicken ramen is the only flavor around.
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koizumi is probably one of the more effective pms of recent memory.
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Funny how Koizumi is going on about ramen being Japanese, when most Japanese I have talked about the subject with do not consider ramen to be Japanese food. Personally I think it’s about as Japanese as kasutera, which is to say quite sufficiently authentic.
Chicken ramen though – give me a good rich tonkotsu any day….
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it isnt’ technically japanese, but for some reason ramen is more popular in japan than say china or taiwan.
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Can we have both?
Does “tantan men” count as ramen?
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haha, universal ramen. wow.
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