Tidbits

Tidbits from today’s paper:

• Mitsubishi Motor kept secret records of customer complaints so they would not have to recall their products. About half of the problems reported by customers were marked as “H” for the Japanese word himitsu which means secret, and shielded from Transport Ministry inspections.
• 30% of Japanese men suffer from “erectile dysfunction” (according to a survey of 5,500 men). No wonder the population of Japan is dwindling.
• Tax money will be used for expressway projects. Previously loans, paid back via ridiculously high tolls, were used to finance expressway repairs and expansions.

It’s a slow news day. Posted by kuri at August 21, 2000 06:45 AM