Shintaro Ishihara
May 22, 2013
Shintaro Ishihara defended his fellow co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party on May 21, saying Toru Hashimoto’s proposal for U.S. troops to use legal sex-related services...
May 20, 2013
Public support for Toru Hashimoto’s Japan Restoration Party fell after he caused an uproar with his remarks on wartime frontline brothels and suggestion that U.S. servicemen...
May 20, 2013
Former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi (1896-1987), who is held in great respect by his grandson, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, once made a remark that is well worth repeating.
May 20, 2013
It is almost unthinkable that Toro Hashimoto, mayor of Osaka--Japan’s second largest city after Tokyo--has no sense of shame in repeating the irresponsible habits of several...
May 18, 2013
Shintaro Ishihara joined the chorus of criticism against fellow Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto but from a different angle: He said his political partner’s...
May 18, 2013
Shintaro Ishihara, who co-leads the Japan Restoration Party with Toru Hashimoto, criticized Hashimoto for saying that Japan must admit what it did in World War II was an act of ...
May 15, 2013
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto tried to counter the waves of criticism over his “comfort women” comments, but even members of the Abe administration were distancing themselves...
May 15, 2013
Referring to “comfort women” who provided sex to soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said “anyone can understand that...
April 18, 2013
"A guy who has bulging ideas rather than muscles" is a phrase from "Gangnam Style," the megahit by South Korean rapper Psy. The association might be somewhat outlandish, but it ...
April 05, 2013
Shintaro Ishihara, the co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party (Nippon Ishin no Kai) and former Tokyo governor, has resumed his life as a politician after weeks of being out...
March 14, 2013
In a possible violation of election laws, employees of a scandal-ridden casino developer assisted in the Lower House campaign of a son of former Tokyo Governor Shintaro...
December 31, 2012
The other day, I watched a TV program showing an amateur singing contest. The amateur singers appearing in the program all performed J-Pop songs surprisingly well. I was...
December 28, 2012
In late November, Uichiro Niwa stepped down as Japan's ambassador to China, just weeks before the Democratic Party of Japan was voted out of government in the Dec. 16 Lower...
December 21, 2012
In late November, Uichiro Niwa stepped down as Japan's ambassador to China, just weeks before the Democratic Party of Japan was voted out of government in the Dec. 16 Lower...
December 17, 2012
Tabbed by former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara as his successor, Naoki Inose won election as Tokyo governor in a landslide victory on Dec. 16.
December 14, 2012
Just days ahead of polling day, Japan Restoration Party leader Shintaro Ishihara is continuing to serve up nationalist and derogatory remarks.
December 14, 2012
When Shintaro Ishihara resigned in October as governor of Tokyo to form his own party, the media shadowed his every move, perceiving him as the vortex of a nascent "third...
December 13, 2012
Two former governors of Japan's two leading metropolises, Tokyo and Osaka, share a common communication style--outspoken provocative attitudes, speeches free of any taboos and...
December 13, 2012
FUKUOKA--A nationalist party leader campaigning ahead of the Dec. 16 Lower House election has said Japan's pacifist Constitution prevents it from responding to aggression by...
December 05, 2012
Relations remain strained between Japan and China over the Senkaku Islands (known as Diaoyu Islands in China) in the East China Sea. To get some idea of where this dispute may...