Japan's Prime Minister Yasua Fukuda and China's President Hu Jintao are going to have a meeting:

Hu, expected to arrive next month on the first visit by a Chinese president in a decade, is likely to face Fukuda across the pingpong table in Tokyo on May 8 at Waseda University, the agency said, citing unidentified sources . . . There is no sign of a compromise in a long-running row over the development of gas fields under the sea that divides the two nations and Fukuda is likely to raise the topic of China's handling of riots in Tibet. Food safety may also crop up after dumplings imported from China made several Japanese sick earlier this year. "Including this kind of fun event in a tense itinerary is necessary to improve relations," Kyodo quoted a Foreign Ministry official as saying.

What a coincidence, I just had a heated discussion with the chef at my local Chinese restaurant about gas and food safety. Seriously though, there's gas fields in the Sea of Japan? Can't we send Forrest Gump over there to kick some Ping Pong ass? I just paid $3.81 for a gallon. -KD  

Juggler's checklist: 3 oversize tennis balls?  Check.  Oversize tennis racket?  Check.  Star Wars music?  Check. Overzealous youngster?  Check.

This shows that kids will pretty much applaud anything as long it gets them out of math class or altar server practice (/shudder).  For an exciting way to use a Ping Pong ball as a dangerous projectile, see the video after the jump.

Don't be alarmed, that was an evil teddy bear.  Just imagine if you combined this technology with those oversize tennis balls.  Hands off Alfred Krupp, I thought of this first. -KD

If you told me that George Lopez was in a new "comedy" about an underground ping-pong tournament that stars some guy doing a Jack Black impression and needs not one but TWO groin shots in the trailer to convince you of how hard it's trying, I'd probably punch you in the stomach.  So I can't say I'm exactly thrilled with the knowledge that Balls of Fury comes out on August 31st.

On the other hand… Christopher Walken could be in a movie where all he does is read scenes from Atlas Shrugged and I'd still pay to see it.  Well, maybe not.  But it would still be better than anything with George Lopez.