Japan PM prayers at grave fuel election fever

[Coventina]

Source: Washington Post

TOKYO (Reuters) - Prayers at his grandfather's grave and a planned speech in a Tokyo shopping district beloved of manga-loving youth are fanning speculation that Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is poised to call a snap election.

"Prayers for victory at his grandfather's grave?" queried a headline in the Yomiuri newspaper that accompanied a cartoon showing a perspiring Aso kneeling with his hands clasped at the grave of his grandfather, former prime minister Shigeru Yoshida.

Aso, who some politicians and media say is leaning toward calling an election for November 30 to try to break a political stalemate, denied his visit to the grave had special meaning.

"I go every year," the Yomiuri quoted him as telling reporters. "Everyone visits their relatives' graves, don't they?"



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Well, don't they?

[UndertheOcean]

1. The Japanese are weird

[skooooo]

2. They are??

No weirder than us!

[bitchkitty]

4. In Japan, they are not wierd.

Here, they are not wierd, they are just Japanese.

Your statement is kind of racist, although you may not have meant it that way.

[MrsBrady]

3. i go to my family's graves sometimes

and I don't think my Japanese friends are weird.