Tokyo's new governor, Ishihara Shintaro, has his own idea about easing airport congestion in the city.
"I am surprised and I am very happy, " said Ishihara, beaming from his Tokyo governor's office.
Ishihara established a public fund for donors to send in money to the Tokyo metropolitan government.
One feature of Nobuteru Ishihara's group is the number of second-generation politicians it contains.
Miss Domoto, Mr Tanaka, Mr Ishihara and the other unruly governors owe their success to their independence.
The bank had embarrassed Japan internationally, said Shintaro Ishihara, governor of Tokyo, which is Mizuho's largest depositor.
In his most spectacular revolt, Ishihara decided to tax banks on their gross profit rather than current profit.
Likewise, the LDP, hoping to regain power in the next election, has failed to rein in Mr Ishihara.
On the campaign trail, Mr Hashimoto and Mr Ishihara have drawn thousands of eager listeners wherever they stop.
But Mr Kato may soon use Nobuteru Ishihara's group to press his own case for being made prime minister.
Mr Inose replaced outspoken predecessor Shintaro Ishihara, who resigned late last year to contest Japanese general elections in December 2012.
Mayor of Tokyo since April 1999, re-elected three times, Ishihara has been outspoken about many policies and has a track record.
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On the contrary, Ishihara may have won in spite of his pragmatism.
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Reports suggest the Tokyo and Osaka governors, Shintaro Ishihara and Toru Hashimoto, are in talks over a potential link-up in the polls.
In his timing, Mr Ishihara's return to public life has been masterly.
On nuclear power, however, there seems to be a big difference, with Ishihara supporting continuing nuclear power use, while Hashimoto has joined the anti-nuclear camp.
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But today Mr Ishihara's well-known criticism of Japan's inability to say no to American demands, and his desire to see the country's war-renouncing constitution revised, are popular.
Three other candidates contested the leadership - Nobuteru Ishihara, son of Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, Nobutaka Machimura, the former foreign minister, and Yoshimasa Hayashi, another former defence minister.
"The consumers' mindset has changed after the quake, " Ishihara said.
Moreover, prefectures outside Tokyo can't pull tax stunts like Ishihara--big companies that have to be in the capital at almost any cost could abandon other regions if taxes get too high.
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Chinese Foreign Minister spokesman Liu Weimin dismissed Ishihara's actions.
Even some staunch conservatives worry about Ishihara-style populism.
The party intends to field about 300 candidates and may win 30-70 seats. (Mr Hashimoto himself will not run this time, saying he wants to sort out Osaka first.) Probably the LDP will win a plurality of seats, and its next leader, perhaps Nobuteru Ishihara, will hope to bring the JRA into a coalition.
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