Aso is in

[Taro Toporific]

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday chose conservative former foreign minister Taro Aso to be the country's next prime minister, a party official announced.
(AFP)

[TFG]

Just wait till he goes abroad and they can't pronounce his name.
And now we would like you all to welcome the new Japanese prime minister Mr. Asshole!

[Catoneinutica]

Fistula Face (tm), along with the four other Jiminto goons, appeared before the Foreign Correspondents' Club last week. Anyone know if he was asked about Aso Mining and its POW-slave-labor record?

[xenomorph42]

Just wait till he goes abroad and they can't pronounce his name.
And now we would like you all to welcome the new Japanese prime minister Mr. Asshole!

There goes the neighborhood!

[Cortana]

I thought they called him that in Japan too.

[dimwit]

No, in Japan they call him Aho which considering his serious case entire leg in mouth disease might not be that inapprobiate.

[ghostunit]

[sublight]

[Taro Toporific]

There goes the neighborhood!

Aso is officially named Japanese prime minister
IHT : September 24, 2008
TOKYO: Taro Aso, a veteran politician who had fought for years to win Japan's top political post, was officially named the country's fourth prime minister in two years on Wednesday by the lower house of Parliament....

[Takechanpoo]

The reason you hate Aso so much is his anti-foreigen reckless remarks? If so, you gaijins are nothing but assholes which cannot distinguish between personal sentiment and public one. Politician should be estimated by his results.
And you dont understand human paradox. Anti-foreign or racistic politician like Aso, therefore, can carry out pro-foreign measures in this whole rightwinged country.
As for me, I support Macain than Obama. I know Macain's anti-mongoloid remarks, though. Obama, who pretends to be liberal, will absolutely carry out many anti-foreign meausres. Friend of Japan is Macain, not Obama.
It is the same as Aso is a real friend of gaijins.

[Greji]

The reason you hate Aso so much is his anti-foreigen reckless remarks? If so, you gaijins are nothing but assholes which cannot distinguish between personal sentiment and public one. Politician should be estimated by his results.
And you dont understand human paradox. Anti-foreign or racistic politician like Aso, therefore, can carry out pro-foreign measures in this whole rightwinged country.
As for me, I support Macain than Obama. I know Macain's anti-mongoloid remarks, though. Obama, who pretends to be liberal, will absolutely carry out many anti-foreign meausres. Friend of Japan is Macain, not Obama.
It is the same as Aso is a real friend of gaijins.

Nice post Take...
Accept Aso is not anti-foreign or racist and you are spot on about McCain being much better from Japan's prospective than Obama.

[TFG]

Mr. Asshole's cabinet spokesman Takeo Kawamura has been found to have received 4,000,000 Yen in dubious political contributions from a company convicted in an anti monopoly case.
And this all comes out the very next day after being assigned the post.

Shows that Mr. Asshole is indeed as his name suggests.

[Greji]

Mr. Asshole's cabinet spokesman Takeo Kawamura has been found to have received 4,000,000 Yen in dubious political contributions from a company convicted in an anti monopoly case.
And this all comes out the very next day after being assigned the post.

Shows that Mr. Asshole is indeed as his name suggests.

Are you kidding me? TIJ! As long as Kawamura has been around, he should be ashamed at only having 4,000,000 yen in dubious contributions on hand. Anyone taking that little amount of graft could get kicked out of the LDP....

[TFG]

It was interesting to see that another minister is now in trouble after The minister of transport Nakayama makes derogatory remarks about Japanese nationals and also about the education system in Kyushu.
The opposition is now calling for Nakayama's resignation.

This is what happens when right wing extremist get ministerial positions.

Personally, I think it is wonderful that these fools make such comments at such a crucial stage before an election.

[TFG]

Wonder how Mr. Asshole is going to explain the 200,000,000 Yen in taxpayer's coffers, that have mysteriously disappeared from the ministry of Science & Education.
It is interesting to note that the current minister of transport Nakayama who is in hot water for his loud mouthed comments, was the former minister of Science and education.

This must be the final nail in the coffin of the LDP.

[TFG]

The minister of transport Nakayama is the first Minister of Mr. Asshole's government to resign after his remarks about wanting to crush the teachers union and other various gaffs.

This is what happens when right wing extremist like Mr. Asshole chooses his right wing baboons as ministers.

[gomichild]

Like watching dominoes fall over.

[TFG]

It was just reported that the Asshole cabinet has ordered all ministries to report any requests for official records by opposition parties to the LDP prior to releasing any documents.
Obviously this is to cover up any misdemeanors committed by the LDP organized crime syndicate or their ministers.
This is a serious violation of power and a direct challenge to democracy which shows that Mr. Asshole is indeed covered in and spouts shit.

Aso won't last very long at this rate.

[Behan]

Mr. Police State Asshole he is becoming.

[TFG]

Mr. Police State Asshole he is becoming.

I think Mr. Asshole, always was, judging from the extreme right wing buddies such as the now DISGRACED Nakayama.

[Buraku]

Q&A: Will Japan's PM Aso call an early election?
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49G1CU20081017

Speculation is swirling that Prime Minister Taro Aso will call a snap election for late November, but the Japanese leader is keeping everyone guessing.

Below are some questions and answers on why Aso might -- or might not -- call an election for parliament's powerful lower house by the end of the year.

*Q. No lower house election need be held until September 2009 so why would Aso decide to call one sooner?

-- Aso, who took office in September after his predecessor suddenly quit, wants to win a mandate to break a policy deadlock created when opposition parties won control of parliament's upper house, allowing them to delay legislation and block appointments.

-- The ruling bloc is expected to see the huge lower house majority gained in the last poll in 2005 shrink a lot, and Aso is trying to calculate the best time to limit the losses to retain the simple majority needed to keep his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in power. Aso may hope that by stressing economic policies to cope with the global financial crisis he can persuade voters the LDP is the best bet. And if he waits, his own and his party's popularity ratings may well fall rather than rise.

-- Ruling party lawmakers are already spending money on unofficial campaigning and the LDP's junior coalition partner is pressing for an early poll. Q. Then why wait?

-- Two factors appear to be making Aso cautious -- support ratings for his party and growing concerns over fallout on an already weak Japanese economy from the global financial crisis......