Talk:Tarō Asō

message: Particularly in a "controversy" section of a well-known public figure, we need to observe high standards for citation, especially since Aso has been in the news lately.  If citation can be found for the statements that have been removed, they should be put back, but until then, no uncited statements should be placed in the section. -- Exitmoose 00:33, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Uncited statements removed from controversy section

message: Why was the page moved to "Tarō Asō" ? - Are we unable to find documentation that states that "Taro Aso" was the romanization he preferred? WhisperToMe 23:24, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: ウィキペディア英語版では、日本人の氏名はヘボン式、かつ、マクロン併用方式が慣習的に採用されています。そうしないと、「あそたろ」の記事なのか「あそうたろう」の記事なのか判別できないためです。Jun'ichirō Koizumiを参考にしてはいかがですか。  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.217.18.154 (talk) 18:39, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  はやく、「Tarō Asō」に改名してください。  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.48.165.150 (talk) 06:49, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: ウィキペディアの英語版では、英語で書かないと誰も読めないよ。。。Yaki-gaijin (talk) 02:47, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: But it is English. See Encyclopædia Britannica Bendono (talk) 03:21, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Bendono, hope you weren't responding to my comment. I agree that it should be "Tarō Asō". My comment was directed at the two people above me discussing things in Japanese... Yaki-gaijin (talk) 04:26, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Romanization

message: what are his foreign policy views/records? In the Shinzo Abe article there is a good section on this. Even more important here as he comes from the relevant ministry. Lihaas (talk) 11:52, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a sentence embedded in "Political career." Brutannica (talk) 12:19, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  foreign policy 

message: Can somebody please provide a decent translation of those "controversial statements"? The ones there at present are horrible, but I don't know enough about the statements or the Japanese language to fix them.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.63.50.101 (talk) 00:38, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sadly they are true. But the site may not be very reliable... it is the "Japanese Communist Party"...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moocowsrule (talk • contribs) 02:12, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: General

message: The family section should be expanded 70.55.203.112 (talk) 12:25, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  family 

message: I corrected some inappropriate descriptions on how he was designated as Prime Minister. The points are: 
:formally, the organ which decides who shall be the PM is the Diet, not the House of Representatives; 
:the House of Representatives can never scrap or nullify the resolution by the House of Councillors; 
:the resolution by the House of Representatives can be given supremacy in limited situations by being taken as the resolution of the Diet. 
News media, even reliable Japanese ones, report in English like "lower house's decision overrides the upper house's decision" and "lower house elected him as PM"; but, such expressions sound not true to the Constitution. 
How to designate the Prime Minister is provided by Article 67 (第六十七条) of the Constitution of Japan. (Japanese / English). The English counterpart is presumably a non-official translation; it looks poor, so I try to translate Article 67. 
:Below is my translation. 
:Article 67: The Prime Minister shall be designated from among the members of the Diet by a resolution of the Diet. This designation shall be done previous to all other matters. 
:If the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors differ in resolutions of the designation and no agreement can be reached at a joint committee of both Houses which is held under provision of law, or if the House of Councillors doesn't make a resolution within 10 days excluding the period of recess after the House of Representatives has made a resolution, then the resolution of the House of Representatives shall be the resolution of the Diet. 
--Dumpty-Humpty (talk) 15:06, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The process to designate Japan's PM 

message: It might be a good idea to add this section, as well as update/expand affected biographies... Ranma9617 (talk) 04:46, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cabinet 

message: The Aso Mining forced labor controversy section is getting long enough that I'm thinking it probably needs to be broken off into it's own article.  If no objections, I'll probably do that in a few days or so.  Also, we probably need a stub article started on the Aso (Mining) Company which I assume has more sources giving information on it in Japanese than in English. Cla68 (talk) 23:06, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Cla68 (talk) 03:27, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Aso Mining forced labor controversy

message: Having been reverted with the sole reason of an appeal to tradition; I give you Hara Takashi, also a Roman Catholic. Removing that sentence in the lead. 150.204.100.55 (talk) 04:41, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: First Catholic Prime Minister

message: Maybe someone could put something about this gaffe he made recently about having children?
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5472FB20090508  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.29.169.94 (talk) 08:56, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Taro_Aso&action=edit&section=new 

message: According to Current Biography, Ichirō Hatoyama was a Baptist Christian, yet he is not mentioned in the line-up that follows in the article, which makes me suspect that the Italian source is incorrect. What is the procedure for challenging this source as contradictory to other information? Homagetocatalonia (talk) 18:47, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Third or Fourth Christian post-war PM? 

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message: This be linked? Was reverted by someone who happened to stalk me... 86.159.163.253 (talk) 04:59, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it should not be linked. Has nothing to do with the subject. I am not stalking you. You got my attention by posting an insulting and anonymous post on my talk page (you deleted the Auto-sign). I wanted to see who did that and found that you have been making a lot of posts that are irrelevant to the articles you edit, interrupt the flow, and have been tagged as possible vandalism. I cleaned them up. 47.137.183.192 (talk) 06:24, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not irrelevant (oh, and 'murder' triggers it, but it's what he did even if it's an inconvenient truth), usually people inspired by and vice versa are mentioned (in an infobox too), what makes this an exception? This is, of course, useless if you're the only participant in these conversations, so if no one responds I'll seek third party opinion... 86.159.163.253 (talk) 06:31, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  I hope that you do.47.137.183.192 (talk) 06:36, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

text: Someone else (even/especially a well-known murderer) saying they want to meet Aso doesn't seem particularly relevant to the article about Aso; if anything, it feels like including such a detail might be an attempt to imply some sort of guilt by association. V2Blast (talk) 06:08, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
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message: Yes, his old portrait looks cooler, but we must keep his most recent one (as the first image you see) since it reflects his current position. I've noticed a lot of switching and swapping. CringeButSerious (talk) 22:00, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portrait