Tokyo's Governer on the Earthquake.

Chagen

....Yeah.

It shouldn't take explaining as to why this bugs me.

ClockworkUniverse

He's already apologized, but I still doubt this will help his odds of reelection.

gIennmagusharvey

Rush Limbaugh was right?

thatguythere47

That's an odd stance to take. I personally thought it was witches. 

Gelzo

While this isn't enough to change my perception that Japan has a lot less religious nutjobs than elsewhere, I have to say I didn't expect to see this come up in the news.

Khwarizmi

Shintaro Ishihara is a xenophobic, homophobic, imperialist nutjob.  I really don't see what's surprising about this.

Vorpy

Anime News Network?


Okay.

Saigyouji

"That's an odd stance to take. I personally thought it was witches."

Nope, that's on the 25th.

glennmagusharvey

Speaking of that, I actually thought about that episode of Sky Girls where the main characters go rescue some civilians affected by a natural disaster.

Trash_Vortex

^^^ I like two things about that link. 1, that they interviewed the director of Haruhi Suzumiya about it, and 2, that he gave them a good answer.

Tnophelia

Complaining About Storms You Don't Like.

AXavierB

Wow, he really is the Japanese Ann Coulter given actual power.

ninjaclown

He's one of the people I listen to because everything he says is so funny you wish he was joking.