Lawsuit for Insulting France

(Tokyo, Japan) After a prominent government official stated the French is "a failed international language," twenty-one teachers and translators filed a lawsuit against him, asking for 10.5 million yen (about $95,000) in compensation. The official, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, is known for his outspokenness on a variety of issues.

Personally, I think that Ishihara could have said the same thing about the Japanese language and been more accurate. French is the official language in dozens of countries. Japanese is the official language in only one country.