Comments on: Tokyo Gov Ishihara calls the tsunami “divine punishment” to wipe out the “egoism” of Japan. Need more evidence of his senility? Yet he’s running for election again.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:12:30 +0000

Nah they aint stupid, just naive. Its the same ole same ole, nothing here never changes. They want stability and fear change. Ishi represents both. He delivered on many of his projects with some positive results, but some came at the expense of us NJ. This is where the foriegn media etc miss the mark about Japan. Japanese arent interested in globalzation or openenss. They want what they think is safe. Change means risk, and risk means fear.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:15:53 +0000

Citizens of Tokyo must be the most stupid people on earth to reelect this clown. Now he wants to bring the Olympic games to Tokyo in 2020…think that money could be more usefully spent somewhere else?!?!

By: Andrew Smallacombe

Andrew Smallacombe — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:06:00 +0000

I had a nasty feeling that Blinky would win again. Lucky timing. No time for coverage of the other candidates, while he manages to get his face on TV for his part in the disaster relief.
The guy does know how to play the media – every time he does something positive, it’s on the 6 o’clock news while his less savory deeds get brushed over.

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:21:54 +0000

It is a small consolation to know that Tokyo voters are just as ignorant and closed minded as voters in my home country.

By: Andrew Smallacombe

Andrew Smallacombe — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:59:00 +0000

The worst part yet is that he’s likely to come out of this smelling like a rose.
While the opposition was getting in Kan’s way at every turn, Ishihara was able to mobilise the huge volume of relief supplies at his disposal – he didn’t have to try to talk it through the lower house.

By: jonholmes

jonholmes — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:38:43 +0000

at least he didnt blame the gaijin. Yet.

By: Tony D

Tony D — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:07:42 +0000

Isn’t it customary for politicians to resign because of this sort of stupid remark? Damn you Ishihara, follow the example set before you!

Though is it true that people in Tokyo are getting annoyed with a lack of information? Can we hope some of that anger is directed at Ishihara, or will he be (fairly or not) hailed a hero like Giuliani was after September 11th?

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:42:06 +0000

If there’s evidence of divine punishment being inflicted on the Japanese, it is Ishihara.