"Luckily, we Japanese have yellow faces."

Sometimes, the comedy... she writes herself.

Japan minister raps "blond" diplomats in Mideast - Yahoo! News:

"Blond, blue-eyed Westerners probably can't be as successful at Middle East diplomacy as Japanese with their 'yellow faces,' Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was quoted by media as saying in a weekend speech.

"Japan is doing what Americans can't do," the Nikkei business daily quoted the gaffe-prone Aso as saying in a speech on Sunday.

"Japanese are trusted. If (you have) blue eyes and blond hair, it's probably no good," he said.

"Luckily, we Japanese have yellow faces.""