Ishihara's shenanigans continue

Over the weekend, Shintaro Ishihara, the governor of Tokyo, announced that he would advertize his campaign to "purchase" China's Diaoyu Islands in the New York Times.

Since the right-wing politician announced in April that his city prefecture was negotiating with the Japanese "owner" of the Diaoyu Islands in the hope of "buying them by the end of this year", he has collected 1.3 billion Japanese yen ($16.34 million) for his campaign.

With his ridiculous campaign, Ishihara has attempted to take advantage of anti-China sentiment in Japan to boost his political reputation and solicit more support. He said he planned to form his new party.