Holding signs such as "Shintaro Ishihara, get the hell out of here," the protesters shouted slogans while waiting for him to appear.
Several protesters said Ishihara had offended Taiwanese by casually dismissing the Nanjing massacre, in which hundreds of thousands of Chinese were slaughtered by Japanese troops in World War II. They also condemned Ishihara for having talked tough over a disputed island group in the West China Sea, known as the Tiaoyutai in Chinese and the Senkaku in Japan. It is at present controlled by Japan.
On the other hand, Ishihara's criticism of China has also won him many friends in Taiwan. The Tokyo governor has gone on record as saying China's threat to reunify Taiwan through military force is destabilizing Asia's regional security.
And yesterday, Ishihara said in an interview with Fuji TV that Chinese President Jiang Zemin's (
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