http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/08/shintaro-ishihara-elected-for-third-term-as-tokyo-governor/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:23:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/08/shintaro-ishihara-elected-for-third-term-as-tokyo-governor/#comment-71317 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:59:06 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/08/shintaro-ishihara-elected-for-third-term-as-tokyo-governor/#comment-71317 Yes, it is. He not only centered the election around an irrelevant idea, he centered it around a really bad irrelevant idea. Bringing the Olympics to Tokyo would be a bad idea, the best thing that can be said is that Tokyo probably won't get the Games, but the city is going to spend millions on a bid to get a Games it doesn't really want, all to get a Governor who will take the city down such a misguided path reelected. A had a smidgen of begrudging respect for Ishihara's ability to get things that needed to be done done, now I just flat out hate the guy. Most politicians run out of ideas and seem to get less competent when they stay in office too long, Ishihara does everything bigger than most people. I have no doubt that he'll work hard to leave the city in a sorry state. Yes, it is. He not only centered the election around an irrelevant idea, he centered it around a really bad irrelevant idea. Bringing the Olympics to Tokyo would be a bad idea, the best thing that can be said is that Tokyo probably won’t get the Games, but the city is going to spend millions on a bid to get a Games it doesn’t really want, all to get a Governor who will take the city down such a misguided path reelected. A had a smidgen of begrudging respect for Ishihara’s ability to get things that needed to be done done, now I just flat out hate the guy. Most politicians run out of ideas and seem to get less competent when they stay in office too long, Ishihara does everything bigger than most people. I have no doubt that he’ll work hard to leave the city in a sorry state.

]]> http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/08/shintaro-ishihara-elected-for-third-term-as-tokyo-governor/#comment-69680 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:13:00 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/08/shintaro-ishihara-elected-for-third-term-as-tokyo-governor/#comment-69680 Isn't it amazing, though, that Ishihara turned the election into something that should have been completely irrelevant? Isn’t it amazing, though, that Ishihara turned the election into something that should have been completely irrelevant?

]]> http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/08/shintaro-ishihara-elected-for-third-term-as-tokyo-governor/#comment-69629 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:39:12 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/08/shintaro-ishihara-elected-for-third-term-as-tokyo-governor/#comment-69629 Oh goody! Can't wait for the Olympics! Oh goody! Can’t wait for the Olympics!

]]> http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/08/shintaro-ishihara-elected-for-third-term-as-tokyo-governor/#comment-68945 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:43:46 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/04/08/shintaro-ishihara-elected-for-third-term-as-tokyo-governor/#comment-68945 [...] En la segunda de las tres partes en que se han dividido las elecciones locales en Japón, el ultraderechista Shintarō Ishihara, de 74 años, ha sido reelegido para un tercer mandato al frente de la capital nipona, con más de 2,6 millones de votos. Ishihara venció a Shirō Asano, del opositor Partido Demócrata del Japón (PDJ) y a otros candidatos, algunos de ellos bastante pintorescos, como el ultraizquierdista (y fenómeno de YouTube) Kōichi Toyama, quien pidió "destruir al Japón", o el inventor Yoshirō Dr. Nakamats Nakamatsu, quien prometió la construcción de un escudo contra misiles para defender la metrópoli de ataques enemigos en caso de resultar elegido. [...] […] En la segunda de las tres partes en que se han dividido las elecciones locales en Japón, el ultraderechista Shintarō Ishihara, de 74 años, ha sido reelegido para un tercer mandato al frente de la capital nipona, con más de 2,6 millones de votos. Ishihara venció a Shirō Asano, del opositor Partido Demócrata del Japón (PDJ) y a otros candidatos, algunos de ellos bastante pintorescos, como el ultraizquierdista (y fenómeno de YouTube) Kōichi Toyama, quien pidió "destruir al Japón", o el inventor Yoshirō Dr. Nakamats Nakamatsu, quien prometió la construcción de un escudo contra misiles para defender la metrópoli de ataques enemigos en caso de resultar elegido. […]

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