If you claim to be a student of modern architecture and you've never heard of Kisho Kurokawa, you probably either dropped out of your courses early on or have been in a coma for the past few decades, the guy is just that internationally famous. How stunning, then, to learn of his threat to enter the Tokyo gubernatorial race unless our favorite racist windbag Shintaro Ishihara gives up on seeking re-election. I don't see Ishihara being the sort of person capable of being shamed into leaving office, as he's much too fond of the limelight, and Tokyo residents don't seem to care what nonsense Ishihara might have said about foreigners when they stand in the election booth, but even so it's nice to see someone of such eminence as Kurokawa taking a public stand against this tiresome loudmouth.
At least he isn't another wrestler, or actor.
Posted by: Jim | February 23, 2007 at 05:17 AM