Shintaro Ishihara climbs atop a campaign van parked in front of the train station in Yokohama, just south of Tokyo, and addresses the crowd with his trademark bluntness.
Japan is like the Titanic, Mr Ishihara suggests to several hundred supporters as he recounts the tragic tale of the passenger liner, which sank in the North Atlantic killing more than 1,500 people.
“Even as the Titanic was sinking, the orchestra continued to play,” says Mr Ishihara. “If things get worse, this country will face the same fate.
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