Japanese broadcaster fired for texting penis photo to Thai government Line chat

[sungod]

No press freedom, that's the problem...........................

(I'll get my coat)

[mikemac]

I've spent some time in Japan, and I can say that if I was a Japanese man I wouldn't be showing anybody my 7 cm c***!

I suppose there are exceptions though. The Thai penis is legendary for its minor proportions, but I saw a lady boy flop it out on Soi Nana early one morning for an arab, and no kidding, 15 cm flaccid. You'd have to stand back when it became angry, oe be pinned to the wall.

You paint a pretty picture F4, one that I hope I can erase from my memory before going to sleep tonight.

[terminatorchiangmai]

you have to be careful what you send on the internet nowadays.

Happened to me already 2 times that a message for someone ended up at the message box from someone else.

Happy it wasn't the one from my wife

[Baerboxer]

Fancy losing your job over a little thing like that !

And Prbkk, how the heck did you turn a topic about a Japanese willy into a Thai Foreign Affairs bashing fiesta ?

Easy Mike - he's used to writing a load of b*llcks about politics !

Just joking

[Baerboxer]

Fancy losing your job over a little thing like that !

And Prbkk, how the heck did you turn a topic about a Japanese willy into a Thai Foreign Affairs bashing fiesta ?

Easy Mike - he's used to writing a load of b*llcks about politics !

Just joking

Just goes to show how careful you have to be on any chat line or email these days. Hit send to quickly and zap - lost job and possible prosecution.

[xjbond]

What lens did he use?

(Send answers directly to CERN, please.)

He should have used an enlarging lens.

Also known as digital zoom today.

[Brit_Doggie]

Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending brief, electronic messages between two or more mobile phones, or fixed or portable devices over a phone network. The term originally referred to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS). It has grown to include messages containing image, video, and sound content (known as MMS messages). OOPS.

[GerdT]

“We deeply apologize to the Thai foreign ministry and other people concerned,” the spokesman said, adding that the journalist had been urged to “seriously reflect” on the incident.

The article doesn't make it clear if he was sacked from the company he worked for or only from the job in Bangkok he was supposed to take up. If it is only the job in Bangkok he was removed from and if that was his intention because he didn't want to go there in the first place, I would say it was a clever move. Resigning from a company or refusing a job in Japan is a problem since once joining a company it is in most instances for the working life and questioning the decisions of senior management means an end to that working life because no other company will offer you a job.

[timmyp]

Can't blame the guy. Just normal brain damage from the stress of a senior post in Japan.

Generally, the guy posted at the top in Japan is one of the most incompetent ones in the office. It's always been a mystery to me why this is the case, but president of a company, principal of a school, head manager of department, etc. generally do nothing but water plants and pick up garbage. The next-in-charge is usually the one who does the real work and keeps the operation running. There are exceptions, but they definitely aren't the norm. This bureau chief is certainly consistent with that.

[timmyp]

Nothing brings out a flood of Thai Visa posters like the mention of penises. Posters' obsession with the supposed size of Asian penises (compared to the implied size of their own accouterment) certainly reveals more than the posters may realize. I guess it's something about which many posters have done exhaustive "hands-on research."

Freud must be spinning in his grave.

Not just on TV. It's surreal how much farang men bring up the topic in conversation. They feel so smuggly superior to Asians, and they feel they have experience and science to back up their beliefs.

Japanese men often bring it up in conversation with me. I always change the topic. There is a great South Park episode where Japanese toy manufacturers try to take over the world. Those Japanese manufacturers keep bringing up penis size, and the non-J people become entranced by the conversation of "your penis is so big, but my penis is so small." Aside from being a funny storyline in its own right, I think it is an allusion to the conversation you will often have in Japan. Animator Tray Parker lived in Japan.

[Bakseeda]

had meant to send the picture to a female friend

What is it with guys sending pictures of their d*ck to women?

I chat in Thai on one of the popular Thai dating websites (purely for language practice of course!). I'd say the majority of Thai women on that website specifically ask not to receive pictures of willys - apparently, 'farang' men seem to be obsessed with this sad habit.

Personally, I find it really weird behaviour, and a sad reflection on many of the western men who inhabit these websites.

I also chat with a Thai girl on line.... she likes exotic birds and is definitely fond of a cockortoo......

[Time Traveller]

had meant to send the picture to a female friend

What is it with guys sending pictures of their d*ck to women?

I chat in Thai on one of the popular Thai dating websites (purely for language practice of course!). I'd say the majority of Thai women on that website specifically ask not to receive pictures of willys - apparently, 'farang' men seem to be obsessed with this sad habit.

Personally, I find it really weird behaviour, and a sad reflection on many of the western men who inhabit these websites.

Personally, I find it weird behaviour that you take such an interest in the habit of online penis displaying and the nationality of the owners

[simon43]

Personally, I find it weird behaviour that you take such an interest in the habit of online penis displaying and the nationality of the owners

This is off-topic, so I'll comment and then shut up.

Don't shoot the messenger - this is what many Thai women tell me, and these types of 'weird' behaviours hardly enamours foreigners to Thai women.

- Sending your willy photo when requested during a steamy chat is understandable

- Commencing a chat with a Thai woman you've never met by sending your willy photo as a sort of 'Hi there' is plain weird and is probably illegal if the woman complains to the authorities.

[Jimbolai]

So, he has one hundred and fifty girl friends. What is the crime in that?

[MaeJoMTB]

SURVEY

Which was more informative:

- Japanese reporter posting penis

- Prayut weekly broadcasts

Which should remain?

Neither,

I have no interest in little pricks!

[Bluespunk]

So, he has one hundred and fifty girl friends. What is the crime in that?

They weren't all girls and and after he sent that pic they ain't his friends anymore.

Beats me why he didn't just snapchat the picture to the "lady friend" he meant to send it too.

[metisdead]

An unsubstantiated nonsense post has been removed.

[timendres]

Brilliant....

Quite a lot of actions for something like this. But Thailand is a prude country and I know I would feel deeply ashamed if something like that had happened to me. But that it should destroy a job... not sure about it.

Anyway good reason not to send your private parts in a line chat.. you might send them wrong

He lost his job because he is incompetent, and rightly so.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Fancy losing your job over a little thing like that !

Not so sure about that...

The headline says "fired". But the article article quotes the Asahi spokesman as saying the guy was "removed from his job."

That doesn't necessarily mean fired from Asahi. But it clearly means he won't be serving as their BKK Bureau Chief any more.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

“We deeply apologize to the Thai foreign ministry and other people concerned,” the spokesman said, adding that the journalist had been urged to “seriously reflect” on the incident.

The article doesn't make it clear if he was sacked from the company he worked for or only from the job in Bangkok he was supposed to take up. If it is only the job in Bangkok he was removed from and if that was his intention because he didn't want to go there in the first place, I would say it was a clever move. Resigning from a company or refusing a job in Japan is a problem since once joining a company it is in most instances for the working life and questioning the decisions of senior management means an end to that working life because no other company will offer you a job.

The job "Bureau Chief" for an operation like Asahi in Bangkok might mean he's here by himself and using Thai freelancers/stringers, or perhaps, with a very small supporting Asahi cast. My guess would be, he'll simply be shuffled back to some other job elsewhere in the Asahi organization.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Personally, I find it weird behaviour that you take such an interest in the habit of online penis displaying and the nationality of the owners

This is off-topic, so I'll comment and then shut up.

Don't shoot the messenger - this is what many Thai women tell me, and these types of 'weird' behaviours hardly enamours foreigners to Thai women.

- Sending your willy photo when requested during a steamy chat is understandable

- Commencing a chat with a Thai woman you've never met by sending your willy photo as a sort of 'Hi there' is plain weird and is probably illegal if the woman complains to the authorities.

Back in my now past dating days, I too encountered a lot of comment from Thai woman complaining about farangs on online dating sites sending those kinds of photos unsolicited and without any prior contact.

It's one thing if you're already in a relationship and engaging it a bit of mutual erotic online flirting. But it's a bit different if that's the kind of thing you're sending to a stranger as your form of personal introduction.

[smedly]

I wonder how many members of that forum sent a picture back - hey take a look at this 2" beast

too funny

[bboy]

Textbook schoolboy error. What an absolute <deleted> NOOB! Haha

[Colabamumbai]

Is that what you young people call a "Selfie".?

[lostmebike]

Nothing brings out a flood of Thai Visa posters like the mention of penises. Posters' obsession with the supposed size of Asian penises (compared to the implied size of their own accouterment) certainly reveals more than the posters may realize. I guess it's something about which many posters have done exhaustive "hands-on research."

Freud must be spinning in his grave.

Well said that man ...

the biggest prick on TVF.

[Jim walker]

And this is just the easy bits to deal with the worse to come how is he going to explain this to his wife send the picture to a female friend well eh actually the thing is.

[DrTuner]

Usually when you moon people you show the backside. Japanese are strange folks.

[3SoiDogNight]

As Alexander Graham Bell once said; “When one door closes another opens”.

Jin Morimoto may have lost his job but he could possibly erect a big career in porn.

Japan's porn industry is exploding.

[Time Traveller]

Personally, I find it weird behaviour that you take such an interest in the habit of online penis displaying and the nationality of the owners

This is off-topic, so I'll comment and then shut up.

Don't shoot the messenger - this is what many Thai women tell me, and these types of 'weird' behaviours hardly enamours foreigners to Thai women.

- Sending your willy photo when requested during a steamy chat is understandable

- Commencing a chat with a Thai woman you've never met by sending your willy photo as a sort of 'Hi there' is plain weird and is probably illegal if the woman complains to the authorities.

yes your comment was off topic. I was having a joke with you, since you seem think that because someone we don't know did something to another person who we don't know that we all should somehow feel guilty and responsible for their actions because we happen to be of the same race !

Well, just keep on with your public service if it makes you feel good.

Edited August 3, 2015 by Time Traveller

[Bluespunk]

As Alexander Graham Bell once said; When one door closes another opens.

Jin Morimoto may have lost his job but he could possibly erect a big career in porn.

Japan's porn industry is exploding.

Usually over someone's face I've been led to understand.