It seems that not only is the MSM swooning over The Chosen One, but the Japanese are too. This Japanese site shows it.

This from the site:

When Elvis died I filled the air with cursing, knowing that he'd be worse dead than alive because of the people selling bits of his corpse. I predicted that within a year they'd be selling necklaces with bits of his Cadillac in them; it took a month. Back then televisions generally didn't have remotes but I made a speaker killer to avoid the Elvis kitsch. And as we all know, the cult of Elvis has taken over the world. Even Douglas Adams, who ought to know better, was in his thrall.

There is one thing, however, that you can say about Elvis: you could buy his music or not. You weren't forced to open up your pockets to him and he was what he was, instead of a buzz-word salesman.