Thursday, 25 June 2009

Yosano and the mother-in-law

Our Man is a day late and a dollar short - because he just read it here in the Japan Times - on the story of the finance minister Kaoru Yosano taking ¥55 million (about 350,000 quid or so) over 10 years from a trading company through a dummy firm. Allegedly. But allow Our Man to offer a few thoughts:

1. "I might pay it back, but I'm not resigning" does not sound like the protestations of an innocent man.
2. You'd think a finance minister would be a bit better at hiding his kick-backs.
3. So, not only is he corrupt, he's also incompetent.
4. What is it with finance minsters (remember the last guy, Nakagawa the Drunk?)
5. Perhaps Our Man can help. His mother-in-law is a sprightly 67, she gets by on less than ¥60,000 (about 400 quid) a month. She could do the job (she knows how to budget).
6. Oh, sorry she couldn't. She has a thing about not associating with criminals.

5 comments:

J said...

Number six left me laughing out loud. Another nice post! :D

Our Man in Abiko said...

Thanks. Nice to hear from you. Shame you stopped writing your blog, it was good. Don't tell me you have gone and got yourself a life?

Jun Ariga said...

It's kind of like that. :D

BTW, I have an aunt living near Abiko, in a place called Kobayashi. Whenever Im in Japan and I visit her, I change train at Abiko.

Our Man in Abiko said...

Next time you are in this neck of the woods, drop us a line, the Mrs may give Our Man a hall pass to get some refreshments...

J said...

Oh that would be nice. Thanks.