Former Japanese Finance Minister Is Found Dead | NYTimes.com

“Following tradition, he took up an ink brush to paint the eye of the auspicious ‘daruma’ doll, a staple of Japanese political campaigns. Candidates paint in one eye before the campaign, and the other following victory. Painted by Mr. Nakagawa’s unsteady hands, the daruma’s eye soon appeared to be shedding a long stream of black tears.”

That’s a tight little closing.