Abe, a “cool” sunglass-donning, leather jacket-sporting man of the peopleNovember 29th, 2006 by Adamu |
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Abe meets U2’s Bono. Bono somehow loses all powers of judgment and perception and deems Japan’s prime minister to be “cool”:
Abe finally moves into his official residence, but not before picking up a few things at the Tokyu Hands department store in Shibuya accompanied by his wife Akie and apparently the entirety of Japan’s news media:
Nice jacket! He bought pens, a stapler, some bath salts, cellophane tape, a blazer, some slacks, ties, and some books at Book First: a historical novel by Jiro Asada, and “for some reason” as Sponichi put it, five dictionaries, including an English-Japanese dictionary.
The Abes’ pet dog, a miniature dachsund named Roy, will stay behind with Shnzo’s mother at their residence.
November 30th, 2006 at 12:01 am
He has a dachsund named Roy? Maybe he’s a Mutantfrog fan!
November 30th, 2006 at 12:11 am
That’s my theory. More puzzling is why the prime minister feels the need to buy books when he has the entire National Diet Library at his fingertips. If he’s trying to act like a normal person he should show a little frugality for crying out loud. I doubt they even have due dates for Diet members.
November 30th, 2006 at 12:14 am
And if he is a fan, let’s hope he didn’t notice that I said his smile was cold and dead. That might just ruin the man’s day.
November 30th, 2006 at 12:22 am
University libraries have no due dates for instructors, and I think being a parliament member of a country is at least the equivalent level in the respective organization.
November 30th, 2006 at 6:28 am
It’s named Roy?!
December 5th, 2006 at 6:04 am
Where’s Akie? Was she out buying booze?
December 5th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Look closely – you can see her passed out on the floor in the background.
December 2nd, 2007 at 4:26 pm
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