Takeshi Kitano for Prime Minister?

09/24/2007 @ 12:00 am

Japanese survey company Oricon (Japanese link) recently did a survey in which they asked people what celebrity they would like to see assume the post of prime minister, and here are the results.

1. Takeshi Kitano (director, entertainer)

2. Senichi Hoshino (baseball manager)

3. Hikaru Ota (comedian)

4. Ichiro Suzuki (MLB baseball player)

5. Shinsuke Shimada (comedian)

6. Sadaharu Oh (baseball manager)

7. Minomonta

8. Tetsuya Chikushi (newscaster)

8. Suntaro Torigoe (journalist)

8. Yoshiko Sakurai (journalist)

Via Tokyo Graph

By Edward Chmura, Stored in: Cool!, Japan, Only In Japan, Politics, Revealed

6 Responses to “Takeshi Kitano for Prime Minister?”

Betty Woo Said:

Well. You can have Ichero for the post-season :::sigh:::. No way the Mariners are gonna get the wild card now… .

Ach weil. They did better this year than last and next year will surely be even better.

September 24th, 2007 at 8:18 am

TofuUnion Said:

I am afraid ” What politician they would like to see ” is much more interesting. Which are :

1. Junichiro Koizumi
2. Taro Aso
3. Ichiro Ozawa
4. Youich Masuzoe
5. Shintaro Ishihara
6. Yasuo Fukuda
7. Teiichi Tanigaki
8. Naoto Kan
9. Hideo Higashikokubaru
10. Makiko Tanaka
10. Yasuo Tanaka

I would say 4. Youich Masuzoe, 7. Teiichi Tanigaki, 10. Yasuo Tanaka or 8. Naoto Kan (Former Democratic Party leader) in this list.

Junichiro Koizumi and Taro Aso are popular among people.

September 24th, 2007 at 8:46 am

remora Said:

and we-are-serious-2 - Now.

“The Japan Communist Party (JCP) has proved to be a lightning conductor for political dissatisfaction in the past, seeing a rise in its parliamentary representation whenever voters wish to cast a protest vote against the Establishment. While other opposition parties stand to gain at the July 29 elections….”

but then.. my membership has expired!

http://www.fccj.or.jp/~fccjyod2/event

(*!*)

September 24th, 2007 at 4:04 pm

remora Said:

and while I’m at this - why wasn’t there any reportage on this?.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,2112374,00.html

*i guess its too much of an insignificant item.*

Arden.

September 24th, 2007 at 4:19 pm

remora Said:

Epsloot-ly Eye-Boggling!

http://www.eigoninja.com/secretjapan/2007/09/05/yakuza-girl-exposes-the-underground/

rem.

September 24th, 2007 at 4:38 pm

JP Said:

Rem, This story was all over the news, both mainstream and otherwise, during this woman’s book promotion campaign a short while back. I don’t know about all of the other contributors, but the over exposure of the story along with my personal feeling that there was nothing really compelling about the story led me to give it a pass.

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September 24th, 2007 at 4:53 pm