Last Hurrah for an Aging China-Basher

Last Hurrah for an Aging China-Basher

At age 80, when most people might be thinking about taking it easy and spending more time playing with grandchildren, former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara has taken on another kind of mission -- to save Japan.

 

Save Japan from what? 

 

The self-described “wild man” of Japanese politics wants to save Japan from bureaucrats, from the Chinese, from weak, vacillating and spineless politicians and even from genetically modified foods shoved down Japan’s throat by Americans.

 

Ishihara recently resigned as governor of Tokyo to found a new party, the Sunrise Party. This new political entity lasted all of two days before Ishihara dissolved the party and merged it with rising Osaka politician Toru Hashimoto’s new Japan Restoration Party (JRP).

 

The Restoration Party is making a bid to become a "third force" in Japanese politics. Public opinion polls show it running second to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the upcoming Dec. 16 general election. The ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s is running third.

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