NICK EICHER, HOST: The mayor of a town in Japan was shocked recently to learn that his name was trending on social media because of the U.S. presidential election.
The mayor’s town of Yamato has a population of only about 14,000 people, so he figured it probably wasn’t coming up in any foreign policy debates.
So it didn’t make a lot of sense. That was until he checked the translation of his name against that of the Democratic presidential nominee.
In English, the Yamato mayor’s name is Jo Baiden.
BIDEN: C’mon!
Seriously, that’s not malarkey!
And the mayor is going to play this for all it’s worth.
Here’s old Mayor Joe telling the local newspaper he’s having a little fun with it.
AUDIO: [Baiden in Japanese]
Mayor Jo Baiden plans to use his newfound internet fame to build awareness of his charming coastal town.
He just needs to master one simple English language Bidenism…
BIDEN: C’mon, folks.
It’s The World and Everything in It.
