Democratic Party Secretary-General Yoshihiko Noda, referring to a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump, written earlier in this month, before he was even inaugurated, in which he threatened to levy high taxes on cars made by Toyota Motor Corp for the U.S. market unless the auto manufacturer backed down from its plans to build a new factory in Mexico. (Mainichi Shimbun)
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The Japanese government should be firm (with President Trump) for his outrageous use of just 140 characters to communicate such an important message.
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SenseNotSoCommon
Japan strikes back with Convolution: the nemawashi app.
Kurobune
That's just the tip of the iceberg, folks ! Hide and watch !
thepersoniamnow
Aren't you missing the point? How on earth could he be outraged at the word count? The message was probably quite clear
Alfie Noakes
I'd pay money to see Shinzo Botchan being firm with Trump.
samwatters
It's called "straight talk" Noda. Of course you don't get a lot of that in this country---not to one's face, at least----but direct, clear speech is a good thing not a bad thing.
Sabrage
The message has been heard clearly.
That's good.
Saved US and Japanese tax payers thousands of dollars.
SenseNotSoCommon
Depends which side of the Atlantic (or in this case, north Pacific) you're on, old bean.
smithinjapan
Good idea, Noda! Trump is doing this with Japan so far only promising to kiss his butt -- imagine what he'll do when you are "firm". I've never in my life seen Japan panic like it is now.
Aly Rustom
Why is this muppet even still around? He cost his party the election. shouldn't he retire and be in an amakudari job where he can do less damage to progressive politics??