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Tenpoundbass
2021 Jan 20, 6:12am
Tenpoundbass
2021 Jan 20, 6:12am
ohomen171 says
My name is Ted but it can be read as "Joe Biden is a child sniffing pervert, that stole the election".
“Yutaka” can be read as “jo,”ohomen171 says
while his last name – pronounced “ume” and “da” – can also be read as “bai” and “den.”
My name is Ted but it can be read as "Joe Biden is a child sniffing pervert, that stole the election".
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rocketjoe79
2021 Jan 20, 5:41pm
rocketjoe79
2021 Jan 20, 5:41pm
Onvacation says
It's rude to speak ill of the nearly dead, or mentally impaired.
Fuck Joe Biden. Fucking demented cheating child sniffer.
It's rude to speak ill of the nearly dead, or mentally impaired.
US President Joe Biden has an important week ahead of him, but somewhere in Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture, a local leader feels as though he is the star of the show.
Yutaka Umeda, the mayor of the town of Yamato, has become an internet sensation after people discovered that the characters in his name can also be pronounced as “Jo Baiden,” the Washington Post reported.
Under the Japanese Kanji writing system – which originates from China – characters have a myriad of phonetic readings.
In the mayor’s case, his first name “Yutaka” can be read as “jo,” while his last name – pronounced “ume” and “da” – can also be read as “bai” and “den.”
After Biden’s November election victory, Umeda told local media then that he wasn’t aware of their connection until his family told him that his name was causing a stir on social media.
“It feels as though I’ve also won the election,” Umeda said in November.
The mayor added that despite their different roles, he believes that he and Biden share a passion for wanting to do the best for their countries.
But Biden is not the only US politician with links to Japan based on his name.
Former President Barack Obama shares a name with two towns named “Obama,” each in separate prefectures.