Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori met with a few US students and taught them how to point in Japanese.
President Bush met with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the White House on Monday. It was a milestone moment for Bush, perhaps his only opportunity to meet a world leader even more unpopular at home than himself.
Mori was heavily criticized by Japanese citizens for his actions following the fatal collision of a US submarine with a Japanese fishing boat. He learned of the accident via a phone call while golfing, then proceeded to finish his game.
Mori is also taking blame for Japan's slumping economy. He confirmed that the Bank of Japan had lowered interest rates to nearly 0%, prompting President Bush to make a note to phone Alan Greenspan.
The prime minister's favorability rating in Japan hovers at a dismal 10% and he is expected to resign his post as early as next month.
"Golly dang," Bush said after learning of Mori's woes, "I don't care how unpopulous I become - I'm not going anywhere."
The president then took time to explain how the benefits of his tax plan could not only cure US financial troubles, but those of Japan as well.
"My plan, which makes the commonest of sense, gives money where it belongs. To the peoples. It doesn't even matter what country they live on. My plan allows for a trillion dollars to go to the Japanese peoples too. And the Mexicans. I will also encourage the young peoples in this country to invest their social security into Japanese stocks that they know nothing about."
