Back to "Language and Politics"

After several Japanese novels and non-fictions, I once again came back to “Language and Politics.” I do hope to finish this big book by the end of the year. (It is certainly regrettable that the book has a few typos, which distracts my concentration.)

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According to the Asahi Shimbun website, Prime Minister Aso visited a supermarket in Tokyo today to feel how ordinary people’s day-to-day lives are affected by price rises only to end the day with a dinner at the Imperial Hotel.

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Hmmm… The sudden increase of one-day page views (to 60) of a week ago seems an aberration. But why did it increase so dramatically?