This morning we started to talk about Prime Minister Fukuda's resignation. As seems to be the consensus, most thought Taro Aso would be the next LDP leader. Many would like to see Yuriko Koike in the running but because of Japan's parliamentary system they don't see her getting past her own party to stand before the voters. The situation seemed to be such a foregone conclusion that most were uninterested in talking more. So we moved on to the topic of Urawaza. Takashi told us about his heating urawaza and Keiko and I accepted his invitation to visit his home and look at his installation. It was quite interesting.
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Hi, Paul
A several years ago, I received the phone call from the man who pretended to be a policeman. He said that my husband had a car accident in Kitami, which is 100Km north from Obihiro . I knew he was a swindler. Then I tried to get the bank account number to which he would have made me transfer the composition money. But I was not a good actress. Soon after he noticed that I did not believe the accident itself, he hang up. Every day this kind of scams happen throughout this country, and the total amount of money people lost has been increasing. The type of scams has evolved these ten years. Are Japanese credulous? The following is the reference.
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200809020056.html
Hi Kazuyo, thanks for the suggestion, we'll bring the topic up in our next class. I've heard of telephone scams in North America too, although at home they usually take the form of exceptional investment opportunities.