The "Michael Scott" of Japanese Politics

This Japanese dude reminds me of Michael Scott from "The Office."

This from CNN on Japanese Foreign Minister (expected to be next Prime Minister) Taro Aso:

Blond, blue-eyed Westerners probably can't be as successful at Middle East
diplomacy as Japanese with their "yellow faces".
"Luckily, we Japanese have yellow faces."

He offended South Korea with remarks in 2003 that were interpreted in Seoul
as trying to justify some of Japan's actions during its 1910-1945 colonization
of the Korean peninsula.

He also drew criticism in 2001 when, as economics minister, he said he hoped
to make Japan the kind of country where "rich Jews" would want to live.

Aso said then he had not intended to be discriminatory.

According to Wikipedia:

he predicted that information technology developments would lead to a future in which paper was replaced by "floppies."