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In the journals of the Japanese Prime Minister, it tells of what he talked about with various world leaders.
George Bush it was the film "High Noon", President Chirac sumo wrestling.
But with Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of the UK, he talked about...
"Self Help" by Samuel Smiles!
I quote:
"I talked with Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom about the book "Self-Help" by Samuel Smiles, a British writer, which is often translated as "Jijyoron" or "Saigoku Risshinhen" in Japanese, and told him that it was a bestseller in 19th century Japan, during the Meiji Era."
Here for completeness is the link to the whole article (our bit is just under halfway down!):
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/m-magazine/backnumber/2004/0624.html
Now it doesn't say specifically whether he has ever read the book, but I would think that a book that has had that much effect on his country would have had a flick through at least once!
If only he'd had my edited version...
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