What is Shintaro Ishihara?
[[File:Shintaro Ishihara, 2006-Sep-1 Rev.jpg|right|200px]] {{nihongo|'''Shintaro Ishihara'''|石原 慎太郎|Ishihara Shintarō|30 September 1932 &ndash; 1 February 2022}} was a Japanese politician and author. He was [[Governor of Tokyo]] from 1999 to 2012. He was the leader of right-leaning [[Japan Restoration Party]]. Ishihara was one of the most known [[Conservatism|conservative]] [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] politicians in modern Japanese politics. Ishihara was born in [[Kobe]], [[Japan]]. Ishihara was in the [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]] from 1968 to 1972, in the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] from 1972 to 1995, and as Governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012. He resigned from the governorship to briefly co-lead the [[Sunrise Party]], then joined the [[Japan Restoration Party]] and returned to the House of Representatives in the [[2012 Japanese general election|2012 general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121216x3.html |title=Ex-Tokyo Gov. Ishihara set to secure lower house seat |access-date=2012-12-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119194035/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121216x3.html |archive-date=January 19, 2013 |df=mdy }}. [[Japan Times]]. December 16, 2012</ref> He unsuccessfully sought re-election in the [[2014 Japanese general election|general election of November 2014]], and officially left politics the following month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sankei.com/politics/news/141216/plt1412160039-n1.html |script-title=ja:引退会見詳報 |trans-title=Full Report of Retirement Press Conference |language=ja |date=16 December 2014 |access-date=25 January 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012202954/http://www.sankei.com/politics/news/141216/plt1412160039-n1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ishihara died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan on 1 February 2022, aged 89.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/shintaro-ishihar