"I want a mulligan!"
Posted on 09/10/2012 2:58:56 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
Japanese financial services minister Tadahiro Matsushita was found dead at his residence in Tokyo on Monday, police said, adding they suspect the country's top financial regulator committed suicide.
The police have yet to disclose details about the death of Matsushita, 73.
A member of the People's New Party, the coalition partner of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, Matsushita served concurrently as postal privatization minister.
Matsushita was a five-term member of the House of Representatives from Kagoshima Prefecture.
Mishima was a nutcase (and his writing is boring as all get out), but I think you’re wrong about who unsuccessfully tried to decapitate him. Masakatsu Morita failed in his attempt and committed seppuku himself, by earlier agreement another member of the Tatenokai, Hiroyasu Koga, finished the job on them both.
Probably not a sex scandal —it might mean that it was his job to disclose something or induce some change that he found unbearable.
My guess is that a VERY large entity is bankrupt and nearing the end of it’s rope.
"I want a mulligan!"
Awkward time for a bogey.
While the suicide of such a high-ranking official could indeed point to trouble for Japan's economy, it is nowhere near as serious as it would be if it was indeed the Finance Minister who had committed suicide.
Hahaha...! Nah...!
But he WAS a celebrity —a whacko designer with technicolor dyed hair who...got into a physical altercation with a woman whom he almost beat to death —pretty unJapanese. They invited that whacko onto a lot of TV shows, later.
No, it’s true! They had cheerleaders too.
‘Seppukuties’: geisha girls who did fan dances and urged the participants to kill themselves cleanly and honorably.
Golf lost a living legend this morning. I surprised it hasn’t been in the news: Jack Nicholson, RIP.
Hey! Joe (Biden)! You have just been outed.
The word is he hung himself.
Oh this is such bad news not just for his family but the implicatins world wide cannot be ignored
Yes. I would say things you don’t want to hear about when the global economy is on tenterhooks: finance, banking or treasury minister suicides.
Where did you hear this?
Mishima a nutcase? Without a doubt.
That said I do enjoy his writing.
“The Sound of Waves”,a good read!
For those foreigners wondering what this means: THIS IS NOT A GOOD SIGN.
He did have a fine way of crafting words, unfortunately it was lost in the craziness.
Tantos all around, for Congress and K-Street!
日本 ピング (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)
You’re not saying it was Pat Morita?!?
Kinda difficult to have a successful Hollywood career without a head.
Are you sure...? How could they tell...?
For some film genres these days having no head could actually provide a career boost....
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