We had an eventful week here in Tokyo.
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, flew into Tokyo on Monday night. Next day, she was very busy - first thing in the morning, she visited Meiji Shrine. She also visited University of Tokyo and mixed with students, met with parents of abductees by North Korea, and of course met with our Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister, as well as with our Emperor and Empress. I watched her day on the news that night - whoever arranged it really jam-pack her schedule. I was very impressed for she was always smiling, standing tall, and most of all, did not look sleepy at all.
I state this for unfortunately, on that very day, our Finance Minister resigned for almost falling asleep during a press conference after the G-7 meeting in Italy. From the video of it (which was very well watched on the web all over the world), he looked drunk. It was so embarrassing. Tokyo Stock Exchange recorded one of the lowest level since the burst of our "bubble economy" in the 1990s. Related article). It really is not a time to be getting drunk!
But for me, the biggest event this week for was the Eric Clapton concert - at Budokan. My wife and I had great seats (center, second row!). We thoroughly enjoyed the guitar maestro.
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, flew into Tokyo on Monday night. Next day, she was very busy - first thing in the morning, she visited Meiji Shrine. She also visited University of Tokyo and mixed with students, met with parents of abductees by North Korea, and of course met with our Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister, as well as with our Emperor and Empress. I watched her day on the news that night - whoever arranged it really jam-pack her schedule. I was very impressed for she was always smiling, standing tall, and most of all, did not look sleepy at all.
I state this for unfortunately, on that very day, our Finance Minister resigned for almost falling asleep during a press conference after the G-7 meeting in Italy. From the video of it (which was very well watched on the web all over the world), he looked drunk. It was so embarrassing. Tokyo Stock Exchange recorded one of the lowest level since the burst of our "bubble economy" in the 1990s. Related article). It really is not a time to be getting drunk!
But for me, the biggest event this week for was the Eric Clapton concert - at Budokan. My wife and I had great seats (center, second row!). We thoroughly enjoyed the guitar maestro.
Here's the ticket.
The entrance to Budokan.
The concert organizer announced that there'll be a joint concert of Eric Clapton with Jeff Beck - after all the shows for each guitarist were sold out! Guess Deep Purple is coming to Tokyo, also.
2 comments:
"I was very impressed for she was always smiling, standing tall, and most of all, did not look sleepy at all."
She is a tough lady. She spent most of last year trying to become our President and almost made it. As one of our great philosophers, Woody Allen said, "Eighty percent of success is just showing up".
Erik Clapton! Wow! My daughters didn't know who he was, so I put some on from iTunes. Jemma burst into dance.
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