Japanese comedians joke about the upcoming election
Junichiro Koizumi and Taro Aso impersonators from political comedy group the newspaper make some jokes at a “speech” they gave in Tokyo:
- A joke is made about how Aso’s accidental prediction of a “close defeat” actually turned out to be a big defeat in the Tokyo elections.
- Koizumi makes a pun about the general election being a choice between a feelgood candidate from a well-to-do family and a candidate that can’t read kanji from a well-to-do family. (kanji 「感じ」 = feeling)
- Apparently Prime Minister Aso recently mistakenly said “Bush” when referring to President Obama – does that mean he can’t katakana either?
- When kids at school can’t read kanji, they are now being called “Taro.” That means the Prime Minister is sort of popular!
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