Taro Aso's personality characteristics

As soon as Aso was born, he was already rich. His great-grandfather Taro Taj was a famous "coal king" in Japan. Later, Aso's family business continued to grow and developed into a large company in shipping, banking, electric power, hospitals, forestry and other fields. His father, Aso Taro, paid the highest inheritance tax in Japan when he inherited the estate. Therefore, Aso is "a person born in a rich family". Ito said, "When he was young, he had a nickname' Master Zhu Feng'."

"At school, Aso's academic performance was not very good, but he was very active and especially good at speaking. He likes to argue with his classmates and is in high spirits. But he has a problem, that is, he is easily emotional, and the arguments used to prove his point of view are often ridiculous. On one occasion, when discussing historical issues, Aso threw out a point of view, which aroused everyone's doubts. He assured on the spot that he had irrefutable evidence. The next day, he did bring a piece of evidence-it turned out to be a historical cartoon! "

Aso has always had a soft spot for comics. "It is said that when he was in college, he seldom read newspapers and didn't care much about current events. What he reads most is comics. Even after studying abroad, he asked his mother to send him comic books by air every week. "

Until now, Aso is still a comic book fan. Although he is a foreign minister and busy with government affairs, he still insists on reading 20 comic magazines every week. In addition, the foreign minister once became the "spokesperson" of the Japanese cartoon Rose Girl, and even got the nickname "Rose Asu"-he was once found browsing the first volume of Rose Girl in the waiting room; In a photo he took in his office, there was a volume 6 of Rose Girl under a pile of annual reports on his desk. ...

On June 4th, 2007, the word "ローゼンンン" was even included in the Japanese new language dictionary "Basic Knowledge of Modern Languages".

Some people think that Aso often "talks nonsense" because he lacks political and historical common sense, which is not unrelated to his addiction to comics. Nevertheless, he never shied away from his hobby of comics, and even in congressional debates, he often quoted the "evidence" of comics. For example, he once criticized the anti-whaling movement of an environmental organization by quoting the viewpoint in the cartoon Sweet Relationship (volume 13). In addition, as a foreign minister, he also suggested that Japan set up a "Nobel Prize for Comics". Over time, someone gave him another nickname: Aso cartoon Taro. Informal and "speaking inexplicably" are Aso's personality characteristics and style of doing things. And often because of the "big mouth" caused strong dissatisfaction in neighboring countries. In 2003, when South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun was about to visit Japan, Taro Aso, as the political director in charge of inner-party policies, made inappropriate remarks at a critical moment. He delivered a speech at the celebration meeting of the University of Tokyo held in May that year, saying that it is impossible for Japan to hold the same view of history as neighboring China and South Korea, and the view of history of China and South Korea is wrong. In addition, he also beautified Japan's colonial rule on the Korean peninsula, believing that the "name change" among Koreans was voluntary, not forced by Japan.

Aso's right-wing remarks immediately aroused strong dissatisfaction on the Korean peninsula, and the counselor of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Japan demanded an apology. Under the pressure of South Korea, Aso "sincerely apologized to the Korean people" at the subsequent press conference. However, he did not retract his speech, but argued: "I wanted to explain the situation to my classmates in plain language, but I couldn't accurately express my true meaning because of improper words."

During his tenure as Minister of General Affairs, Taro Aso's "single nation" speech on June 5438+1October 65438+May 2005 once again triggered a strong rebound in Japan. At the opening ceremony of Kyushu National Museum in Japan that day, he boasted that "Japan is a single nation, a single language and a single culture". This remark caused strong dissatisfaction among Ainu people living in Hokkaido, Japan. Non-governmental organizations aimed at preserving and inheriting the national culture submitted a protest, expressing anger and regret that Aso ignored the existence of Ainu people, and could not tolerate his remarks that he lacked historical understanding and demanded an apology. Seeing the expansion of the situation, Aso hastily argued in the form of a letter: "I am deeply sorry for the misunderstanding caused by my speech to others. The speech about a single nation is only relatively simple compared with other countries. "

Shortly after Abe's cabinet was established, Aso called Taiwan Province Province a "country" in his parliamentary defense, but he changed his mind in less than a minute. On June 9, 2006, when talking about the postponement of the Japan-US-Australia ministerial security meeting, he said: "Considering the deterioration of Prime Minister Sharon's condition, it would be boring to hold a funeral during the meeting, so the meeting was postponed." On June 28, 2006, when talking about the Prime Minister's visit to the shrine, he said, "The more China says' stop visiting the shrine', the more he can't help going." "Just like smoking. The more I quit smoking, the more I want to smoke. " . From June 5438 to February 2006, he was in favor of discussing whether Japan should possess nuclear weapons, and was raised by four opposition parties with no confidence. On March 2 1 2007, when he talked about the development of the West Bank in Nagasaki, he put forward Japan's roadmap for Middle East peace diplomacy, that is, the idea of establishing a "peace and prosperity corridor". He said: "Japan can do things that Americans can't. The Japanese have credit, but blue eyes and blond hair may not work. " "Thanks to our yellow-faced woman, we have never exploited in the Middle East and never fired a shot here." Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said in a speech on Tuesday (June 5438+1October 8) that Japan will use its foreign exchange reserves to buy ESM bonds to help stabilize the situation in Europe, because the stability in Europe will help stabilize the yen and other currencies. Japan will include ESM in the key investment portfolio of Japan's foreign exchange reserves.

An official of the Ministry of Finance said that Japan may start to enter ESM bonds as early as today.

Aso also said that employment is not only the responsibility of the Bank of Japan. The government hopes to formulate a new written agreement with the Bank of Japan, but any agreement reached with the Bank of Japan cannot take employment as a policy goal.

He said that he hoped to draft the 20 1 3 budget before the end of June, and would respect the medium-term fiscal consolidation plan.

Aso also mentioned the candidate for the governor of the Bank of Japan. He believes that language ability will be an important consideration for the new governor of the Bank of Japan in the future. At the same time, the governor of the Bank of Japan also needs the ability and perseverance to run large institutions.

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday (165438+ 10/5) that he would not comment on the Japanese stock market hitting a multi-month high and USD/JPY breaking through the 100.00 mark.

When asked what he thought of the Nikkei breaking through 15000 for the first time since May, Aso also said that he would not answer such questions.

Speaking on Thursday (165438+1October 14), Aso said that Japan must have the tools to deal with speculative fluctuations in the foreign exchange market. This led investors to speculate that the temporarily strong yen may encounter a correction.

Traders said that Aso's remarks may be the driving force for the Nikkei to rise to a multi-month high, the yen to fall and the USD/JPY to break through the 100.00 mark.

In an interview with NHK on Sunday (February 65438+29), TaroAso, Japan's Finance Minister, said that the possibility of increasing the extra budget to support Japan's economic growth next year would not be ruled out.

Aso said, "I personally think that the ideal situation is that we don't have to do this, but I can't say that there is no such possibility. We can't rule out this possibility until we see the data from July to September. "

Taro Aso said last Saturday (65438+February 2 1) that Japan's budget proposal for fiscal year 20 14 was 95.88 trillion yen.