Tokyo governor resigns to form new political party   Fri, Oct
26, 2012 - Page 1  Tokyo’s outspoken and nationalistic governor
yesterday said he was quitting after nearly 14 years in office
to form a new political party ahead of expected national
elections.  Shintaro Ishihara, who recently played a key role in
reviving a bitter territorial dispute with China, told a packed
news conference that he wanted to fix the nation’s fiscal and
political problems. He blamed the central government and
bureaucrats for obstructing policies he believes would benefit
the country.   Ishihara, 80, angered China earlier this year
when he proposed that Tokyo buy and develop a cluster of
uninhabited islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan,
but also claimed by China and Taiwan. The national government
responded by buying three of the islands from their private
owner, saying it would not develop them.    He once told
reporters he “hates” the US icon Mickey Mouse for not having the
“unique sensibility that Japan has.”  Ishi