Obama has Become a Japanese Verb - International Monetary Fund, White House

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themoderatevoice.com - 10/30/2009

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The Japanese seem to really like President Obama. This goes beyond last year’s song from Obama City in Fukui Prefecture (it’s easiest to think of prefectures as being like states). Japanese youths are now using the President’s name as the verb “obamu” , which means ...

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