“The agriculture ministry is not in charge of robots”

… according to this Japan-related article by the Guardian. I’m guessing that is because the agriculture ministry is in charge of huge monsters that come out of Tokyo bay, leaving another ministry to sort out Richard Nixon in Futurama style giant robots, in the same way that one ministry gets horse racing, one cycle racing and one speed boat racing (really!)

This Japanese male geeky obsessiveness is just one of many examples of the similarities between Japan and the UK- yes, train spotters are here too, and totally unheard of in Italy, Turkey, Thailand or Spain. Other similarities include-

at least 40 things I had made a list of but now can’t find and can’t be bothered writing out again. Anyone else?

If Japanese quotes are your thing, you are in for a treat at the QuoteJapan blog.

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