That explains the French.
I just love it when politicians tell you what they're really thinking.
No doubt Jimmy Carter will call for an end to apartheid in Japan. No, he reserves his ire for Jews.
Japan has historically been a racist country. I'm not surprised.
I don't know much about Japan, but given that they allow almost no immigration, I wonder if the Education Minister was only saying what others believe.
It's Chiffon!
Things have gone off the rails, a bit. Stories like the one about that lady winning $5 million from McDonald's over hot coffee get passed around in Japan amidst condign, horrified Japanese disbelief.
Japan sometimes has an under-developed sense of "kenri" (rights), but in the USA, it's over the top.
I agree with narrow parts of what the man said, SORRY.
Did not.
...implied in his speech in Nagasaki that problems with Japan's education policy stemmed from the fact that it was imposed by the US occupation authorities after the Second World War.
Not what the Japanese newspapers are saying
It is unclear whether Mr Ibuki's choice of the word "butter" was intentional or unfortunate, but it echoes an old disparaging Japanese expression for Western ideas: "stinking of butter". The term came about because Westerners traditionally had a far higher dairy content in their diet than Japanese and hence were thought to smell of butter.
Rubbish. Western media trying to read more into what was actually said. Plus Japanese are huge fans/consumers of butter (they often put it on their steaks!)
Japan * ping * (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)
There is some truth in some aspects of what the Minister said. There are also falsehoods, and other aspects and comments which are not particularly beneficial for Japan to continue to follow, in a social context. Like I said, a little truth here and there.
If it ain't fat, it ain't food.
Fat is brain food.
:-)
I like bread and butter,
I like toast and jam,
I like bread and butter,
cause that's the way I am
Somebody help me with this little ditty...heard my husband singin it one day, I'm not kidding
BANZAI!
bump for later
"Japan has stressed the individual point of view too much"??
Who's he kidding?
I wonder what the Japanese was that's translated here as "metabolic syndrome."
The minister is right about one thing, though...Japan desperately needs to bring back corporeal punishment in schools.
But then, so do we.