Japanese Impolitics

"In America, one in several hundreds of people has AIDS. I wouldn't feel good about shaking hands with an AIDS patient."

-- JAPAN'S FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER MICHIO WATANABE DURING THE JAPANESE ELECTION CAMPAIGN, COMPARING THE EXCELLENCE OF THE COUNTRY'S HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM UNDER THE EMBATTLED LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITH HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA