FILE - In this photo taken on May 24, 2012, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, chairman of Tokyo 2020 Council, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo after learning the Japanese capital was selected ...

Exit polls and media projections showed the novelist-turned-politician beat 10 other candidates in Tokyo's election, as workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant continued their battle to cool ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Shintaro Ishihara, a fiery nationalist who was governor of Tokyo for more than a decade and set off a territorial row with China over a plan to buy islands claimed by both nations, ...

Right-winger Shintaro Ishihara was a four-time Tokyo governor and known for provocative statements - Copyright AFP/File Toshifumi KITAMURA Right-winger Shintaro ...

TOKYO – Tokyo's outspoken and nationalistic governor said Thursday that he is quitting after nearly 14 years in office to form a new political party ahead of expected national elections. Shintaro ...

We have made great efforts to crack down on illegal foreigners and to get rid of fanatic anti-Japan teachers from schools that were controlled by the Japan Teachers’ Union. If Asano, who was supported ...

ead a “true conservative” party into the next general election, now likely to take place in December. Ishihara’s move throws an already fluid national political situation into greater flux. Over that ...

SEOUL — One of Japan's highest-profile nationalists, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, said Thursday that he will resign his post and form a political party in a bid to gain power in the country's central ...