Forum - View topicINTEREST: Tokyo Governor Ishihara Resigns, Forms New Political Party
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getchman
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Can't tell if this is really good news or the start of something really bad
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egoist
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Must be going for Prime Minister.
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mgosdin
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Large fish from small pond travels to ocean.
Good luck, you will need it. Mark Gosdin |
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Keichitsu0305
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It's somewhere in the middle. He's not completely out of the political sphere; simply resigning his previous post as Tokyo's Governor. From I understand of this man, he isn't exactly the most "likable" person in the Japanese government. |
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Hawkwing
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Can someone throw this lunatic in jail?
He may not have broken any laws, but he poses a great threat to the Japans society. |
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Kutsu
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You know what you lose...but not what you could possibly get instead. |
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Tuor_of_Gondolin
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So, Japan's Favorite Fascist resigned as Tokyo's governor? How... nice.
Of course, he's already done a lot of damage. Hopefully someone will ship him off to an old folks him and he can terrorize the staff there instead of the population of Japan's largest city. He probably resigned after his ego was offended when his party refused to back him in his desire to be the next prime minister. Dunno if that's true, but it wouldn't suprise me in the least. |
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Cutiebunny
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The sad thing is that, with Japan's high PM turnover rate, he actually stands a decent chance of getting that position.
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revolutionotaku
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This is the beginning of a new chapter for Tokyo as well as the Otaku.
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thelastgogeta
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I read about this in the Evening Standard on the way home. Would like to say I'm pleased, but he isn't completely out of the picture and he has left his mark for well over a decade... And that's just his role as Governor of Tokyo.
My uninformed judgement thinks that a new party should have a lot of trouble working it's way up, hence he may not live to become Prime Minister, then I guess he has been Governor for a long time and chances are he would have needed to be voted back in once or something... >_> |
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penguintruth
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He'd be right at home in American politics.
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revolutionotaku
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Have you ever read his book "The Japan That Can Say No"? It's extremely anti-American. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Japan_That_Can_Say_No#American_prejudice |
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penguintruth
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Aw, that's too bad. He's otherwise the perfect picture of douchebag moral crusader American politician. |
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kanechin
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Instead how about you go embrace your fate of being part of my friend named volcano. It's warm and very "welcoming."
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Sunday Silence
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He tried to buy the Senkaku Islands. I think that was the tipping point. |
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