Ishihara Shintaro, the Tail That is Wagging the Dog
Ishihara Shintaro, the ultra-nationalist Governor of Tokyo, who’s 1980s book Japan That Can Say ‘No’ girded the US and shot him into international infamy, is the devil behind it all.
Here is a good article on NPR: http://www.npr.org/2012/09/26/161812054/tokyos-governor-stokes-the-island-feud-with-china?ft=1&f=1001