** FILE ** Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, right, waves to supporters after making a campaign speech for his son Hirotaka on the final day of campaigning for Sunday's parliamentary elections in Tokyo in this Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003 file photo. Shiro Asano, the leading candidate to unseat conservative stalwart Shintaro Ishihara as Tokyo's governor pledged Monday, March 19, 2007, he would abolish the policy of coercing city teachers to stand and sing the national anthem, as the resurgence of Japanese patriotism emerged as a battleground in the April 8 poll. AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)