Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara announces his resignation from his post at a press conference at the Tokyo city hall on October 25, 2012. The Beijing-baiting Tokyo governor, whose bid to buy disputed... more 

Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara announces his resignation from his post at a press conference at the Tokyo city hall on October 25, 2012. The Beijing-baiting Tokyo governor, whose bid to buy disputed islands ignited a smouldering row between Japan and China, resigned to launch his own national political party less