New swarmy fuckwad to be next Tokyo governor

[Taro Toporific]

Masuzoe projected to become next Tokyo governor
Feb. 9, 2014 - Updated 12:26 UTC
Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe is set to become the next governor of Tokyo...
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...The Tokyo election commission says voter turnout was 34.14 percent as of 7:30PM, half an hour before the polling stations close. The figure is 12.52 percentage points lower than the last time a mayoral election was held independently, which was three years ago.

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“If she bleeds, she can’t lead…” Sexist, Pro-nuclear, LDP loyalist Masuzoe Elected Tokyo Governor
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2014
http://www.japansubculture.com/if-she-b ... -governor/

[Yokohammer]

This is bad news.

In addition to his sexist attitude, Masuzoe is Abe's lapdog, which means that Abe will have more freedom to push his fascist/rightist agenda. Another nail in the coffin.

I was really hoping it would be someone who would at least put up a fight.

[Russell]

Then again, Tokyo women will now refuse sex with anyone who has voted for this fuckwit. Since it is hard to tell who has voted for him, those women will have to settle for the people ineligible to vote...

[IparryU]

Another step back for Japan.

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[Coligny]

Then again, Tokyo women will now refuse sex with anyone who has voted for this fuckwit. Since it is hard to tell who has voted for him, those women will have to settle for the people ineligible to vote...

FURST DIB' !!!

(Now, you have to admit, it's hard to trust a creature who can bleed for 5 days without dying...)

[J.A.F.O]

Getting hard to trust much of anything with a heartbeat these days... well there is always the cat.

[Mike Oxlong]

The Economist Magazine: Masuzoe's Win Means the Abe Administration Will Restart Nuclear Power Plants as Early as This Summer

The magazine says former Prime Minister Hosokawa backed by former Prime Minister Koizumi could have dealt "the biggest blow" to Prime Minister Abe and pro-nuclear LDP, but votes were drawn away by a socialist lawyer Utsunomiya (who came in the distant second). The magazine also predicts Governor Masuzoe will be known to the outside world on the single issue: his misogyny.

That's vastly different from the naïve and happy narratives that are circulating right now inside Japan, one day after the election...

[wagyl]

Sadly, The Economist (which chooses to call itself a newspaper, not a magazine thank you very much) lost all credibility on 18 January 2012.

[Takechanpoo]

what masuzoe said about women is objectively correct. its just not correct politically.
his opinion about women is very the same with mine.

btw his mother is korean. in his book he referred his mother as omoni which means mother in korean.
and his current wife is one of executives of Soka gakkai.
this is the reason he backs the voting rights for foreingers.

[Yokohammer]

what masuzoe said about women is objectively correct. its just not correct politically.
his opinion about women is very the same with mine.

btw his mother is korean. in his book he referred his mother as omoni which means mother in korean.
and his current wife is one of executives of Soka gakkai.
this is the reason he backs the voting rights for foreingers.

Takechan ... nice to hear from you!

Have you been studying? I think your English has improved (or maybe my memory is just bad).
You should post more often.

[legion]

Sadly, The Economist (which chooses to call itself a newspaper, not a magazine thank you very much) lost all credibility on 18 January 2012.

it lost all credibility for me during the financial crisis following the Lehman collapse. They flailed around with an editorial recommending some course of action which said something like "people might lose their jobs and houses, but they won't notice the depression which didn't happen" - if you lose your job and house, you are in a depression.

What happened on Jan 18th 2012?

[Wage Slave]

What happened on Jan 18th 2012?

Gaijin Gulag Guy's story appeared in an Economist writer's blog?

[Taro Toporific]

what masuzoe said about women is objectively correct. its just not correct politically.
his opinion about women is very the same with mine.

btw his mother is korean. in his book he referred his mother as omoni which means mother in korean.
and his current wife is one of executives of Soka gakkai.
this is the reason he backs the voting rights for foreingers.

Takechan ... nice to hear from you!

Have you been studying? I think your English has improved (or maybe my memory is just bad).
You should post more often.

Ditto!
We all missed you Takechanpoo-san.

[matsuki]

what masuzoe said about women is objectively correct. its just not correct politically.
his opinion about women is very the same with mine.

btw his mother is korean. in his book he referred his mother as omoni which means mother in korean.
and his current wife is one of executives of Soka gakkai.
this is the reason he backs the voting rights for foreingers.

As creepy as Soka Gakkai is, they're arguably bringing some positives to the table.

[Mike Oxlong]

what masuzoe said about women is objectively correct. its just not correct politically.
his opinion about women is very the same with mine.

btw his mother is korean. in his book he referred his mother as omoni which means mother in korean.
and his current wife is one of executives of Soka gakkai.
this is the reason he backs the voting rights for foreingers.

As creepy as Soka Gakkai is, they're arguably bringing some positives to the table.

The same excuse used for religious idiocy the world over...one step in the right direction excuses the insane march the wrong way.

[Russell]

what masuzoe said about women is objectively correct. its just not correct politically.
his opinion about women is very the same with mine.

btw his mother is korean. in his book he referred his mother as omoni which means mother in korean.
and his current wife is one of executives of Soka gakkai.
this is the reason he backs the voting rights for foreingers.

As creepy as Soka Gakkai is, they're arguably bringing some positives to the table.

The same excuse used for religious idiocy the world over...one step in the right direction excuses the insane march the wrong way.

Agreed!

And I wouldn't even know what those positives would be.

[wagyl]

I think maybe Choko wants to take part in a democratic act. But that would mean that he is responsible in part for the results. Not such a positive then.

[matsuki]

what masuzoe said about women is objectively correct. its just not correct politically.
his opinion about women is very the same with mine.

btw his mother is korean. in his book he referred his mother as omoni which means mother in korean.
and his current wife is one of executives of Soka gakkai.
this is the reason he backs the voting rights for foreingers.

As creepy as Soka Gakkai is, they're arguably bringing some positives to the table.

The same excuse used for religious idiocy the world over...one step in the right direction excuses the insane march the wrong way.

I didn't say it excuses the rest of their crap, just noting that even their level of insanity can one up the current nippon-nazi regime.

[Mike Oxlong]

what masuzoe said about women is objectively correct. its just not correct politically.
his opinion about women is very the same with mine.

btw his mother is korean. in his book he referred his mother as omoni which means mother in korean.
and his current wife is one of executives of Soka gakkai.
this is the reason he backs the voting rights for foreingers.

As creepy as Soka Gakkai is, they're arguably bringing some positives to the table.

The same excuse used for religious idiocy the world over...one step in the right direction excuses the insane march the wrong way.

I didn't say it excuses the rest of their crap, just noting that even their level of insanity can one up the current nippon-nazi regime.

Because they (maybe) stand for one positive issue, while the Abe government stands for zero positive issues? Have you a balance sheet to show us?

[matsuki]

what masuzoe said about women is objectively correct. its just not correct politically.
his opinion about women is very the same with mine.

btw his mother is korean. in his book he referred his mother as omoni which means mother in korean.
and his current wife is one of executives of Soka gakkai.
this is the reason he backs the voting rights for foreingers.

As creepy as Soka Gakkai is, they're arguably bringing some positives to the table.

The same excuse used for religious idiocy the world over...one step in the right direction excuses the insane march the wrong way.

I didn't say it excuses the rest of their crap, just noting that even their level of insanity can one up the current nippon-nazi regime.

Because they (maybe) stand for one positive issue, while the Abe government stands for zero positive issues? Have you a balance sheet to show us?

Yes, the result of them pushing their shit on an international scale. Don't get me wrong, a polished turd is still a turd. Just saying i'd prefer mine without corn.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Does "swarmy" mean prone to swarm?

[sublight]

So where's the pool on how long he lasts? I'm betting we're back doing another election by this time next year.

[Yokohammer]

So where's the pool on how long he lasts? I'm betting we're back doing another election by this time next year.

I'd say that makes you an optimist.

OK ... maybe that's just wishful thinking. Maybe he'll just be a blah placeholder and not do any real damage.

~ Tapatalking ~

[Coligny]

Prime minister of japan and governor of Tokyo... If only musical chairs was an olympic sport... They'd catch gold silver and bronze...

[Dreamy_Peach]

Sadly, The Economist (which chooses to call itself a newspaper, not a magazine thank you very much) lost all credibility on 18 January 2012.

For me it was when they supported active intervention in Syria. As if that's what the World economy needs now.

I still subscribe, but I'm aware that they are only human too and not the "voice of god" as I thought when I was 20.

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Anyway, it is indeed correct to label this man a "fuckwad". I remember when norovirus or Asian bird flu was flying around in Asia. This guy was the health minister at the time, and was all jumped up in his self importance and made us write out a ton of stupid information when we were re-entering Japan on which hotel we stayed in, which seat we were sat on in the plane etc.

Totally gesture driven politics to be seen to be doing something, no matter how practically useless such measures really were.

His handling of this affair to me revealed a character prone to hysterics (as if Tokyo or any major city needs someone who will panic under the slightest whiff of a problem) and populism through playing to, and possibly driving to some degree, media hysteria.