Ishihara's friends express frustration
Asahi: Group suing Ishihara over French faux pas
Angry Francophones are taking up the gauntlet that Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara threw down last year when he made unflattering comments about the French language. Ishihara, who is no stranger to controversy, stunned a group of French speakers last October when he said: "It may well be that French fails to qualify as an international language because it is one that cannot count."...It's not clear what Ishihara meant by the "cannot count" remark. He has not responded to an Asahi Shimbun inquiry on the matter.
