Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso, left, speaks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde before a meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Washington on Friday.
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SenseNotSoCommon
I'm colorblind. Why are all these numbers green?
Serrano
They both want to raise Japan's consumption tax to 10% and it won't affect either of them personally.
nath
Aso: "All these growth numbers have parenthesis around them. That is good, right?"
Jimizo
'Christine san, I think there's a spelling mistake here. Someone spelt my family name with an 'le' on the end. Is that how French people spell it?'
GW
FightingV,
Nice one LOL!!!
nath
There was the same shot with the prime minister some time back. Maybe we all should just lend more money from the crowd?
DaDude
Still trying to figure out how much Nissin Instant Ramen costs....
smithinjapan
Darn... you guys beat me to mocking him about his Kanji level! I'll write a caption anyway.
Aso: "You can read Kanji better than I. What does this say?"
Lagarde: "I believe that's your name... in Hiragana".
Aso: "Ah, so! Thank you. What's with these documents not having any manga shouting instructions? It's difficult!"
Scrote
Perhaps it's the sunbed schedule during the meeting.
shallots
"You see, I had the tuna melt, and you had the kreplach."
Hawkeye
I can't enlarge the photo without it becoming blurry but from what I can make out, it sure looks like kanji and katakana on the visible part of that sheet of paper. I guess she either reads Nihongo or is smelling him.
Serrano
They're on the same page - they both want to raise Japan's consumption tax to 10% and it won't affect either of them personally.
serendipitous
Aso - 'What's this kanji again?'
Lagarde - 'You should know Taro'
Aso - 'Ah so desuka'.
kwatt
It seems that he shows some kinda numbers to her and proves something,
jcapan
I see they dressed up like austerity ghouls for Halloween.
Cos
She reads manga too ?
sangetsu03
Aso-san "Can you check my math? Five plus five equals four, right?"
Madame LaGarde "Only if you are trying to come up with unemplyment figures."
Aso-san "Does minus two plus minus two equal two?"
Madame Lagarde "Only of you are trying to calculate growth."
Aso-san "so desune..."
FightingViking
She's wearing a scarf !
albaleo
"Mmm. I like a man with firm buttocks."
paulinusa
A photo with every imaginable punch line you can think of.