Mino Monta Is Officially Everywhere

[Samurai_Jerk]

The Fall Of The Mino Monta Brand

Interesting. Thanks for posting that. I was wondering why the talking heads seemed to be giving him so much grief on the TV this morning. They were implying that his apology didn't go far enough and that they wanted a more detailed explanation from him.

Sure. Also, if you'll recall, his initial statement to the press when this first happened was to tell them that a parent's responsibility for their child's actions ends when the child turns 20. The j-version of "go fuck yourself". Didn't do himself any favors with that less-than-contrite response...

I fucking hate this country.

[matsuki]

Forever children...TIJ

...and wow, to be known as the son who ruined his father...anyone want to guess how long it takes for him to become Chuo line splatter?

[wagyl]

Frankly speaking, father had a fortune before he even started working in the media and doesn't need to work as much as he did (or at all, actually). Sure, he suffers from the shame of it all, but I am sure he can bear it, just the same way he has borne the shame of being an opinionated prick all his years in broadcasting.

He will have a month or two out of the spotlight in Hawaii or somewhere, then retire quietly.

The seven or more nodding head dolls with a pulse who were the panel on his morning show, they will suffer though.....

[tokyoboy]

This is why he was forced into retirement with this likely fabricated public shaming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hWyMaheba0

It would seem that even Naoto Kan suspects the very obvious.

[matsuki]

Wow, that's pretty crazy (and yet totally feasible here) Wonder what their move will be when people here stop watching broadcast television...

[legion]

This is why he was forced into retirement with this likely fabricated public shaming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hWyMaheba0

It would seem that even Naoto Kan suspects the very obvious.

sorry, he is talking shit, comfy sideline commentator shit.

Sure his idiot son gifted the establishment a chance to shoot him down, but not for any particular reason, just because they can.

[Coligny]

This is why he was forced into retirement with this likely fabricated public shaming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hWyMaheba0

It would seem that even Naoto Kan suspects the very obvious.

sorry, he is talking shit, comfy sideline commentator shit.

Sure his idiot son gifted the establishment a chance to shoot him down, but not for any particular reason, just because they can.

Is there a list of reason to hate Kan... Because... I'm confused right now...

[sublight]

The Fall Of The Mino Monta Brand

The proximate cause for Monta's fall is the arrest of his second son on a charges of theft. In a truly bizarre incident early last month, the son, a soon-to-be former employee of Nippon Television, purported found a man passed out on the street, purloined the man's wallet and tried to withdraw cash from the man's bank account using the man's ATM card. Monta (real name: Minorikawa Norio), in an act of contrition for his failings as a father, immediately took voluntary leave of his news program hosting duties and appearances in commercial advertisements.

Under normal circumstances, such self-abnegation would go a long way toward tamping down the reactions of Mino's peers in the news and entertainment worlds. Mino's taking immediate responsibility for an act in which he is only tangentially involved might even earn him a bit of sympathy.

However, Mino's anti-establishment populism, as well as a purported history, ostensibly swept under the rug, of being a little too familiar and/or brutish with the many attractive young women he has hired for his programs, made him a huge, easy target for the screaming scandal press, which plays an unofficial role of enforcer for the country's elites. Mino has been a rare strong voice, if an extremely imperfect one, against the status quo. His son's transgression has initiated payback time...

Not to mention being an insufferably sanctimonious finger-wagging twat.

[Coligny]

Not to mention being an insufferably sanctimonious finger-wagging twat.

so... a Japanese...