"Dave Fossett" <reply@via.newsgroup> wrote in message
news:7rJvb.302$747.4@news1.dion.ne.jp...
> I wonder if there is any particular reason why Michael Jackson is
generally
> referred to as "Maikeru yougisha" on the Japanese TV rather than "Jakkuson
> yougisha".

Oh that's easy. They don't want to confuse him with Jesse Jackson.

I have to say though, he looks awful. Kind of like the Joker in the Batman
movies. How does a cute kid like that turn into a pathetic clown as an
adult?