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February 17, 2009

Japan's Finance Minister Gets Saki-ed

Oops! Sorry! Make that sacked

Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa has resigned, amid claims that he was drunk at a recent G7 meeting.

Mr Nakagawa said earlier that he would wait until parliament had approved a supplementary budget to step down.

But he brought forward his departure after calls for his immediate exit escalated.

...Footage showed Mr Nakagawa slurring his speech and closing his eyes repeatedly as if he was dozing off.

At one point, he mistook a question aimed at the governor of the Bank of Japan as one intended for him.

Frankly, getting completely trashed is a reasonable response to the economic policies of Japan and the US; hell, it's my preferred option.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at February 17, 2009 08:35 AM

Comments

The popular American standard for this behavior would be a little time in rehab.

Posted by: nancy at February 17, 2009 10:19 AM

First he would need to apologize to anyone offended by his behavior, nancy.

Not for his behavior, mind you; just to anyone "offended" by it.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at February 17, 2009 11:09 AM

Sounds like the perfect job for you, Mr. Bingley. Do you like sake? The Japanese do make decent beers, if you don't.

Posted by: JeffS at February 17, 2009 01:32 PM

Argh, it is sake, isn't it?

I'm a drunk maroon.

Saki was the author.

D'oh.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at February 17, 2009 03:26 PM

I've watched excerpts from G7 meetings. A person would have to be at least a little snoggered to put up with that long-winded crap.

Posted by: Gunslinger at February 17, 2009 05:11 PM

Well, "saki" is an alternate spelling, so worry not. It's my West coast upbringing, is all.

The hooch is also known as "soju", very similar in impact, but comes from Korea.

Posted by: JeffS at February 17, 2009 05:15 PM

That dude was probably the only sane one there.

Posted by: Dave E. at February 17, 2009 05:28 PM

Saki is an alternate spelling if by "alternate" you mean "incorrect".

Posted by: anonymous at February 18, 2009 02:05 AM

Anon, if you want to be snooty about a word transliterated from Japanese, feel free.

Posted by: JeffS at February 18, 2009 09:36 AM

59KK7T

Posted by: Vrquciid at July 15, 2009 10:20 AM

59KK7T

Posted by: Vrquciid at July 15, 2009 10:20 AM