Tokyo governor Shintaro ‘Blinkey’ Ishihara announced today that to further enhance the Japanese presence and claim to the tiny coral outcropping know as Okinotorishima, he has set aside public funds to construct a sea food restaurant on the island. “We have been flooded with so much money on account of the increase in residential tax revenues, we decided to do something really meaningful and significant with it” said an Ishihara aid.

“I think lots of Japanese people can enjoy a nice boat ride out there, spend the day, have lunch, watch the various activities that go on around there, and come home in plenty of time to have their baths in the evening” said Ishihara.

When asked about what kind of attractions the restaurant and island may provide to tourists, “Well there’s all sorts of things to do there, swim, fish, take pictures, watch the Navy boys conduct sea patrols and chase the Shina fishermen around (chuckles heartily), lots of things, you know” he said. “We will be operating a daily ferry from Tokyo to take people out and back (also at public expense) and all anyone need to do is make a reservation, easy” he added.

Preliminary plans have been drawn up by the design and construction company that Ishihara’s brother-in-law owns which gets most of the really lucrative Tokyo governmental projects that Ishihara dreams up.

The idea is to completely prefab the construction of the restaurant on Japanese shores and ship it out by container vessel and sea lift helicopters operated by the MSDF. “The structure itself will have to be able to withstand hurricane force winds and possible missile attacks from Shina militants and troublemakers” said a right wing consultant to Ishihara. “There is no telling what those people might do, so we will have to build it really really strong, no cheap imported stuff” he added.

Initially the restaurant would not be expected to turn a profit, according to Ishihara aides, but eventually it is expected to pay for itself. “We expect a lot of Chinese fishermen and their families to come to the restaurant” said another aid, “Where else can Chinese get a good meal around there? We will have places for them to tether their Junks and rafts and so on. We expect parking to become a problem eventually, but we will work out something” he said.

When asked what sort of fare the restaurant will specialize in Ishihara replied, “We of course will feature the finest fresh sea food, sashimi, served with delicious Japanese rice, all sorts of the best Japanese Sake flown in daily, I may even serve tables there after I retire.” When asked about the name of the restaurant, Ishihara replied “Well we haven’t decided on a name for it yet, but I sort of favor the name Manshu” said Ishihara.