Monday, Nov. 03, 2008
Yasuo Fukuda
"I'm not like you."
—Yasuo Fukuda, outgoing Japanese prime minister, castigating a reporter who suggested Fukuda hadn't given the job his all. This one actually did become a t-shirt: while his lackluster year-long tenure left voters unimpressed, Tokyo hipsters turned Fukuda's angry rejoinder into a catchphrase