This is an elected Japanese official saying these things.

With a straight face.

In public.

I guess we should all enjoy our outdoor sporting events while they last, because it looks like there won't be anymore of them in 8 or so years. RUN FOR THE HILLLLLLLLLLLLLS! RUN FOR YOUR LIIIIIIIIIIIIFE!

Is it the residual radiation from 65 years ago that does this to Japanese people? First the nukes, then the tentacle rape porn, then the selling of frozen lobster dinners and women's panties in vending machines, now this.

It's like an epidemic with them. They're so brilliant in countless ways and contribute so many positive things to humanity, but it's almost as if they're genetically predisposed to say or do eccentric and wacky things every now and again, with people not knowing if they're being serious or just pulling everyone's leg.

It's like the curse of Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde. The brilliant, educated scientist occasionally transforming into a mutated, hideous abomination that defies all logic and reason.

I was half expecting Joe Biden to say something like this, not anybody in charge of Japan's largest city.

The sad part? People are going to read this article.....and believe what this man is saying.

P.T. Barnum was right. A sucker born every minute, indeed. I wonder if scientists told the Japanese that an earthquake had awoken Godzilla from his million year slumber, would the Tokyo governor would issue a public warning about it?