Forum - View topicINTEREST: Manga-Loving Minister Taro Asō Buys Golgo 13 on Morning of Tax Hike
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Dunks
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Wll Golgo 13 is kinda fitting for the demographic for the middle-aged type anways....
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ragz
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Caught with Golgo 13 is miles better than caught with Rozen Maiden
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streexanime
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Really no better way to check if your legislation went through than to go by something yourself.
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mdo7
 Posts: 6543 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Well don't know what to say about this, probably trying to confirmed if the tax hike has been implemented and see how most of the retailer are reacting to this.
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Hawkmoth
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Next up: Shinzo Abe caught buying every volume of Nobuyuki Fukumoto's work[/spoiler]
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Chrno2
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I find this headline hilarious. It's just the way it sounds. Who cares what he buys so long as he's not using tax payer money to do it with. Although tax payer money does pay his salary to some degree.
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Angel'sArcanum
 Posts: 304 Location: Toronto, Ontario |
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432 yen for a Golgo volume and a bottle of mineral water still sounds pretty dirt cheap to me, maybe I'm mistaken.
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Tenbyakugon
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Nice pandering on his and the Abe administration's parts.
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sarroush
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I wish my province's tax was 8%...
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Wandering Samurai
 Posts: 875 Location: USA |
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So he bought a volume of Golgo 13, who wouldn't pass on that series?
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TonyTonyChopper
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We are the only one in europe that has 21 while the rest of Europe is still at 6/9. About the actual topic it's pretty awesome that he doesn't make a secret of it and it's always better to have a few folks in the Japanese goverment that like it instead of non, which might cause some more problems which censoring and what not. |
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Yause
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Aso would like to ban explicit manga, so he isn't the champion some make him out to be. His love for the medium is mainly nationalistic propaganda. Manga is a uniquely Japanese creation, so Aso has huge interest in it as a cultural mark on the world. Nevertheless, his politics are along the same lines as his peers. |
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CG
 Posts: 47 Location: Philippines |
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This is part of the government spin efforts not to let the tax hike hurt consumption. The PM himself went on a photo-op filled shopping spree on the day of the tax hike to downplay any possibilities that it may discourage spending. Japan has been hurt by deflation for the past years, largely brought about by the Japanese person's hesitation to spend (I can only guess Rozen Maiden-style free online consumption is behind it).
In any case, considering his expensive tastes I'm surprised Aso didn't buy more than that. Now's the (politically correct) time to splurge! |
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Mikeski
Posts: 608 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
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Of course, the intelligent time to splurge was any time before that, which is why he only had $4 left in his wallet for this PR stunt. 
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