He announced his candidacy for governor of Tokyo in 2014 in the election to replace resigning governor Naoki Inose.
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On 14 July 2004, when questioned further about this supposed 'unconstitutionality' of the Air Self-Defense Force, he said his opinion should not distress its members since (quoting the catch phrase of Yoshio Kojima, a popular comedian) "what does that matter?"
Toshio Furukawa | Toshio Maeda | Toshio Hirano | Toshio | Toshio Murashige | David Toshio Tsumura |