makes e-government a key plank of his platform
Japanese have leally good sense of humor. Always enjoy good plank.
Japan has three dominant mobile carriers and when consumers want to move from one to another and keep their current phone number, they must fill out a paper form, pay about US$30 and wait for delivery of a new SIM. The process is slow, expensive, a disincentive to seek better deals and one reason that NTT Docomo, KDDI and …
I think you need to look up the definition of 'racist', it relates to issues of superiority. Making fun of someone's accent in a foreign language because their mother tongue doesn't have certain sounds is not racist. If I got offended every time someone mocked my accent in any of the languages I speak I'd be rightly ridiculed.