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Junichiro Koizumi makes fun of Prime Minister Aso

May 15th, 2009 by James

Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi spoke before a student group the other day, telling them that “you don’t have to be able to read kanji” to become prime minister of Japan:


The remarks are quite clearly aimed at the current PM, Taro Aso, who is known for his kanji-reading blunders.

[hat tip to Aceface]

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Comment by weirdo
2009-05-15 13:50:06

“you don’t have to be able to read kanji”

He never said that.

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