国外媒体:日本新首相上任"Yes we Kan"主题T恤热卖

As Japan's new Prime Minister Naoto Kan took power Tuesday, he received an unexpected boost from online sales of T-shirts bearing his picture and the message "Yes we Kan".

While Kan was being sworn in by Japan's Emperor Akihito, Japanese retailer¹ ClubT said it had sold more than 100 T-shirts online with the catch phrase, a reworking of US President Barack Obama's election motto "Yes We Can".

Meanwhile sales of shirts poking² fun at his scholarly predecessor³ Yukio Hatoyama, who stepped down last week, were also surging as people snapped up memorabilia of the premier⁴ who carried the moniker "The Alien".

A Washington Post columnist⁵ in April called Hatoyama hapless and "increasingly loopy" over his contradictory⁶ comments in a dispute over a US airbase that badly strained ties with Washington and finally led him to resign.

Hatoyama later conceded in parliament he may indeed be described as loopy, leading ClubT to print a T-shirt that read: "Self-professed loopy Hatoyama".

"When Hatoyama went into office, his T-shirts didn't sell but they soared after he resigned," company executive Tomohiro Miyake said.

"On the other hand Kan's T-shirt is selling well on his inauguration⁷. It's a sign that the quality of the two leaders' level of popularity is different."

日本新任首相菅直人于本周二正式走马上任，在上任之际，他获得了一种意想不到的支持——一款印有他头像及口号“Yes we Kan”的T恤衫在网上热卖。

日本一家名为ClubT的零售商称，在日本明仁天皇正式任命菅直人为日本首相之时，他们已在网上卖出了100多件这款印有“Yes we Kan”口号的T恤，该口号是根据美国总统贝拉克?奥巴马的竞选口号“Yes We Can”（是的！我们能！）改编而来的。

与此同时，取笑上周刚辞职的前任首相鸠山由纪夫的T恤销量也大增。被称为“外星人”、学究味很浓的鸠山辞职后，人们纷纷抢购关于他的纪念品。

鸠山由纪夫因在美国驻日空军基地的搬迁问题上出尔反尔，被《华盛顿邮报》的一位专栏作家在四月份（的一篇文章中）描述为“倒霉”，“越来越糊涂”。该事件严重影响了美日关系，并最终导致了鸠山的下台。

后来，鸠山在日本国会承认自己或许真的可以被称为“糊涂蛋”，所以ClubT公司据此想出了一个“自认糊涂的鸠山”的标语。

ClubT公司负责人三宅友广说：“鸠山上任时，他的T恤衫卖得很差，但他辞职后销量反而大增。”

“而菅直人就任当天，他的主题T恤就卖得很好，由此可以看出两名首相人气上的差距。”

1 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

2 poking   

n. 刺，戳，袋 vt. 拨开，刺，戳 vi. 戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖拨动垃圾。
• He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布满尘埃的旧书店里。

3 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

4 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

5 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

6 contradictory   

adj.反驳的，反对的，抗辩的；n.正反对，矛盾对立

参考例句：

• The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
• What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。

7 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。