Japan minister raps 'blond' diplomats in Mideast
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Blond, blue-eyed Westerners probably can't be as successful at Middle East diplomacy as Japanese with their "yellow faces", Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was quoted by media as saying in a weekend speech.
"Japan is doing what Americans can't do," the Nikkei business daily quoted the gaffe-prone Aso as saying in a speech on Sunday."Japanese are trusted. If (you have) blue eyes and blond hair, it's probably no good. Luckily, we Japanese have yellow faces," he said. (Reuters)
