And while he loves taking on the establishment, he’s very much an iconoclast, whose use of humor in official settings is also a rarity in Japan’s beige officialdom.

Source: https://time.com/6279775/taro-kono-japan-digital/

The same skill and artistry of wrapping stuff for which the Japanese are world- renowned is applied to the seamless coverups of officialdom.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-government-panel-finds-rampant-coverups-mishandling-of-harassment-cases-in-military

To be fair, he’d just been penalised for a non-existent tug on Hickey, but haranguing officialdom crossed a line.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2023/mar/25/scotland-v-cyprus-euro-2024-qualifying-live

What really saddens him is that he is constantly being warned by officialdom about the punishment for retailers who sell vapes to underage children.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/crime/robert-hardman-how-dramatic-incident-caught-on-camera-exposes-racial-tensions-in-diverse-london-area-c-11931539