"Japan's support for the war is special," believes Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara.
"We are under threat ourselves from another terrorist state, North Korea, which has kidnapped 150 of our citizens. 150 people! I don't think any of them are alive. Pyongyang is also sending boatloads of drugs to Japan to harm our youngsters, and it has missiles ready to hit 15 Japanese cities. What other country would tolerate this?
"This should be called what it is -- terror, and the Japanese government should recognize this and stand up to the North Koreans. We should say that we don't want to leap into a war but if it comes to it we won't avoid it either, together with a policy of sanctions and seizure of the assets of North Korean organizations in Japan. Al-Qaeda assets in the U.S. are confiscated. Why shouldn't we?"