[Breaking news] Shintaro Ishihara, the former governor of Tokyo, dies.
Shintaro Ishihara, a writer and former governor of Tokyo, has passed away. He was 89 years old.
Mr. Ishihara was born in Kobe in 1932. While attending Hitotsubashi University, he won the Akutagawa Prize for his novel "Season of the Sun," which depicts young people living an enjoyable life on the beach in summer. When the novel was made into a movie, his younger brother Yujiro Ishihara made his debut as an actor, which triggered the birth of his big star.
His younger brother Yujiro Ishihara was active as a star in Japanese movies.
At that time, the Japanese movie industry had its own movie actors, and it was impossible to co-star with movie stars from other companies. At that time, there were five movie companies in Japan, and it was called the "Five-Company Agreement." Yujiro Ishihara was an employee and film actor of a company called "Nikkatsu". He retired from "Nikkatsu" and made an independent production to make the movie he wanted to make. After that, Japanese movies will also decline. Because Japanese entertainment has changed from movies to television. After that, the power of each movie company weakened, the "Five-Company Agreement" disappeared, and many movie actors moved to television.
Let's return to his brother Shintaro Ishihara.
He was the first politician to be elected to the House of Councilors in 1968. He became a member of the House of Representatives in 1972. He served as Secretary of the Environment Agency in the Fukuda Cabinet, Minister of Transport in the Takeshita Cabinet, and resigned as a member of the Diet in 1995.
After that, in 1999, he ran for the Tokyo Governor's election. He was elected by collecting 1.66 million votes, and during his tenure as governor of Tokyo for more than 13 years, he focused on environmental measures such as financial soundness of Tokyo and emission control, and made the Tokyo Marathon an international event. I grew up. The Tokyo Olympics held last year was able to be held by attracting from the time when Governor Ishihara was enrolled.
On the other hand, the establishment of a voluntary constitution, the theory of nuclear armament, and critical remarks on China caused ripples, and during his tenure as governor of Tokyo, he announced a purchase plan by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The result was to encourage subsequent nationalization.
His remarks and actions were conservative and to the right. However, considering the world situation surrounding Japan, I think his remarks and actions are correct.
In recent years, Mr. Ishihara has been ill with cerebral infarction and pancreatic cancer. It was announced that he had died around 2 pm today.
I pray for his soul. Gassho.