I met Governor Tanaka of Nagano prefecture on Saturday. When I say met, I mean I shook his hand and he gave me a meishi. Quite an interesting fellow, but his English pronunciation needs a little work.
He used to be a famous author, now he is a politician, fighting to stop construction companies wasting money on pointless projects like damming all the rivers in Nagano. He talked about changing Japan, starting with Nagano and extending this revolution to all over the country. No real surprise that he got backing from the communist party at the election last year, then!
Story about Tanaka's re-election is here.
Posted by Gary at June 14, 2004 07:21 PM