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dagon
LDP Rhetoric 101.
Justice comes very slowly, if at all, if you are a member of a privileged class like LDP pols, Japan Inc. corporate oligarchs, or tax exempt religious orgs.
Simon Foston
Is it really okay for cabinet ministers to have such poor memories?
Sanjinosebleed
Bow and move on just bow and move on....
smithinjapan
"If he cannot provide a sufficient explanation, he should step down."
But he HAS provided a sufficient explanation -- he does not recall it. Did he forget to supplement it with "I was drunk"?
Mark
""At a parliamentary session, Moriyama said, "I think I may have signed the document without sufficiently checking its contents, but I don't remember very well," after a major newspaper reported his ties with the controversial religious group.""
Well Done, a CLASSIC answer when someone is in the hot seat, must have been practicing it for a while.
Yubaru
It's a prerequisite!
Mark
""I think I may have signed the document without sufficiently checking its contents""
Aha, the EDUCATION Minister signed without reading, so much for education.
ok1517
Sure: "might have, don't remember, and so on".
Wonder how much he pocketed.
CKAI
Ok Moriyama…so toxic prayer circles up to who knows what, and yer the education guy with a sharp pen signin off all the papers and got a blindfold on. Some story ya got goin on there.