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Do the hustle
Why aren’t these cronies teleworking?
Bjorn Tomention
Do the hustleToday 04:13 pm JST
They find it too hard to keep their noses in the trough while teleworking they need to be up close.
Cricky
Interesting to see the treatment and follow up the Feudal elite get when compared to Joe average.
Ah_so
The Hatoyama's are Japan's oldest modern political family going back to the Meiji era, and of course an old samurai family. The samurai never gave up their grip on power.
Nothing to do with coronavirus, but an interesting insight into how power is inherited in Japan.
smithinjapan
Do the hustle: "Why aren’t these cronies teleworking?"
They all got pages and faxes that they are required to go in to Hanko.
gogogo
To scared not to do something yet to scared to do something. Sit around and do the usual while everyone does.
Heckleberry
A few thousand positive cases in Japan, but already a dozen or so high profile cases. Something doesn't add up. Either the virus preferentially targets the famous/public figures, or the true number of positive cases in Japan is a magnitude larger than currently reported. Watch this space...
Luddite
Masks are not a substitute for social distancing. Why isn’t it being prioritised?
englisc aspyrgend
Ah_so, agree, fascinating. Would the secretary of a low level manager in a smaller firm receive the same treatment? Unfortunately I suspect the answer is no.
Tom
Look carefully at the picture. Two of the law makers are touch the mouth areas of their masks. Perfect way to spread it.
But the ramen guy down the block cannot get tested.
DNALeri
In circumstances like these, these people should only be there when they have to vote on something.
sunfunbun
New? What is this, spinning for Abe? It's been around for awhile but judging by actions of Japan, they hardly knew it exists? Or at least not till after the Olympic postponement? Naw. Even then, it isn't 'new', at all.
kibousha
These tax robbers, showing up to work "diligently" to appeal about how hard working they are.
Kobe White Bar Owner
@Do the hustleToday 04:13 pm JST
Why aren’t these cronies teleworking?
cos then it would be evident how little these over privileged, blue bloods do everyday.
Xeno Man
The US never removed Japanese aristocracy. The incompetence and nepotism live on.
Kitchener Leslie
“Why aren’t these cronies teleworking?”
They want to prove how hard working they are (although nobody cares).
They can’t bear the thought of spending extra time at home with the strangers who live there.Open Minded
Because in the word teleworking, there is the word working.
bass4funk
Wait and still they don’t want to do a lockdown?? So what on Earth will it take for people to get the message this virus is no joke?
mmwkdw
It's clear from the Photo, that those facemasks are of the disposable type, and everyone is wearing one... they're also the type that can no longer be purchased within Tokyo... so I wonder, who was really behind the hoarding ... Chinese certainly, but it also looks like the Lawmakers themselves have had a hand in the situation too. I hope the local Japanese who can vote, note this point... but I guess many of them too have their own stocks of boxes of facemasks.
I bet these Lawmakers laughed to themselves, about giving every Family 2 cloth Face-masks - which really means only 1 individual can go out to buy provisions, since upon return, you have to wash & dry out the mask - not that it's effective.
quercetum
Masks are widely and readily available in Shin-Okubo (Tokyo) so called Korean town. They are for sale in boxes of 50, 20, 10, and 7. They are what I call the Ultraman masks, seamed together in the front and middle of the face.
paradoxbox
With the average age of these politicians, COVID could potentially wipe out 15% of the top levels of the Japanese government.
You'd think they would take lethal threats a little more seriously.
aomorisamurai
Well, well, politicians of Japan. It seems its finally reached Kasumi-ga-seki. What are you going to do now?
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