Providing further evidence that all of Asia is secretly governed by 12-year-olds, the AP reported that the Prime Minister has been forced to tell lawmakers not to read comic books and play with their cell phones while the Diet is in session.

TOKYO … Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi scolded rookie lawmakers Thursday for reading comic books and talking on their cell phones during legislative sessions, according to a newspaper report.

The national Asahi newspaper said Koizumi scolded 30 first-term lawmakers from his Liberal Democratic Party during a luncheon.

“Don’t send e-mail on your cell phones or read comic books in Parliament while in session,” Koizumi was quoted as saying.

“You can be seen very clearly from the prime minister’s seat. You should really stop that … it’s disgraceful.”

I can’t make up stuff this good!

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