Tokyo Governor Ishihara Draws Chinese Ire With Comments On Island Dispute

Shintaro Ishihara, the governor of Tokyo, may not be a household name in the United States. But in East Asia, he is often at the center of international controversy because of nationalistic-themed statements that regularly infuriate China and South Korea.

The octogenarian head of the world's largest city for the past 13 years raised eyebrows again on Monday during a visit to the United States when he mentioned a group of islands at the heart of a major territorial dispute between China and Japan.