Shintaro Ishihara, a writer and former governor of Tokyo who died in February at the age of 89, left behind an autobiography to be published after his and his wife's deaths. The writing contains an undisguised account of his childhood, literature, politics and love affairs. The book is titled "'Watashi' toiu Otoko no Shogai" (The life of a man, 'myself') and was published by Gentosha Inc. on Friday.
Ishihara resigned from the House of Representatives in 1995 at the age of 62, after receiving an award for 25 years of service in the Diet. According to the autobiography, he began writing the manuscript before he turned 65 "out of the blue, just for my own sake."
