Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Japanese Commerical Depicts Obama As a Monkey

If you thought recent magazine cover portraying Barack and Michelle Obama as terrorists was bad, wait until you get a look at this Japanese commercial that depicts Barack Obama as a MONKEY:



Please comment your thoughts on this one!

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Computer Meltdown Stymies Japanese Stock Market

The Tokyo Stock Exchange was shot down for several hours on Tuesday due to a computer malfunction.

Trading was suspended from about half an hour past nine to almost two o’clock in the afternoon. Mostly the trading of derivatives and futures was halted by the Tokyo Stock Exchange as a result.

The Wall Street Journal reports that this was the third meltdown this year and the current computer system is expected to be replaced next year.