Prime Minister of Japan holds up Ayu cover at press conference

[Gus-tave]

Prime Minister Taro Aso of Japan was talking about Japan exporting its culture to Taiwan when he raised the recent April Bea's Up magazine issue with Ayu's picture on it!!! He also showed models Karina and Yuri Ebihara.

Basically he's saying that most people can simply look at the cover and know her name, on magazines that are published in Taiwan and China!! WOWOWOWOWOWOW@!@##@!~

He holds up the picture and asks "Do you know who this is?"
And he says that (of course) it's Ayumi Hamasaki. He goes on to say that she's known mostly in China as 'Ayu'
He adds that he is holding a magazine published in China.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7isZwwCUYLA




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frwc2vSMa2A

[jbrat2219]

Lol He's right! That's so cool he's promoting her indirectly.

[emi♡]

yey for Ayu.

I've been noticing more and more how ingrained Ayu really is in the culture in japan...

its like...not even funny. I don't know if any artist anywhere has really achieved that.

[pink_horse_088]

ayu is international.
lol...

[zoomzoom]

Ha, that's pretty cool. Yay for ayu and the prime minister of Japan.

[MissElin_]

Ooooh cool stuff, for both Ayu and Japan. ^^

[love in music]

ahh that's so cool

[naxxo.licious™]

Now THAT'S awesome. Ayu's getting so much international exposure lately.

I think it's so cool that he chose Ayu to represent japanese culture. They should already add the "A" symbol to the official kanji list lol.

[TofuBunny]

WOW ! this guy is soo cool XD
the first time I see a Prime Minister who talks about something related to his country's pop culture XD

[Tony G]

Awesome promotion of.. herself. And yeah, this just shows how much of a star she is over Asia.

[wannajoin_Team Ayu]

Originally Posted by guilty_me

Now THAT'S awesome. Ayu's getting so much international exposure lately.

I think it's so cool that he chose Ayu to represent japanese culture. They should already add the "A" symbol to the official kanji list lol.

that's good idea
but hard for me to write it beautiful indeed

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by guilty_me

They should already add the "A" symbol to the official kanji list lol.

[Blasterion]

wow that's pretty neat ^^

^ and haha

[*Petit*]

I believe she's their most successful pop artist abroad.

[Yoake]

Ayu is the best!!!!

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by emiko

yey for Ayu.

I've been noticing more and more how ingrained Ayu really is in the culture in japan...

its like...not even funny. I don't know if any artist anywhere has really achieved that.

Actually whats funny about that clip is that he holds the mags up and asks the people if they know who they are and is met with either laughter or silence. Then says something to the effect of, well its not our generation really.

Originally Posted by AsukaRoses

WOW ! this guy is soo cool XD
the first time I see a Prime Minister who talks about something related to his country's pop culture XD

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was famous for talking about X-Japan's Forever Love as his favorite song.

[aqua_crystal]

Oh wow that is so cool!!! I wanna see Ayu react (positively) to the press for this!

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

woow thats sooooooooooooo cool

xDD

im gonna tell my friends XDD



thanks a lot!



EDIT: lol omggg the "A" from ayu should become the あ in hiragana xDD that would be great xDDDD

and what would ayu think about what he did?? omgg lol

she should feel proud!

[PinkShinigami]

Hahahahaha

[Kodalan]

wow ayu should be proud. Amazing ayu! prime minister seems to love her