Japan Quotes - Page 26

• V-J Day, or Victory in Japan Day, marks the date of the Japanese surrender that ended fighting in the Pacific.

  Doc Hastings

  Fighting, Victory, Surrender

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• So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula.

  Kim Dae-jung

  Korea, Forever, Troops

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• I love baseball, but being here (in the United States), I've been able to play golf every day. I can't play in Japan because every course has caddies, and the caddies all want autographs and don't want to let me golf.

  Ichiro Suzuki

  Baseball, Golf, Play

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• When you mail Ichiro something from the States, you only have to use that name on the address and he gets it (in Japan). He's that big.

  Ichiro Suzuki

  Names, Use, Addresses

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• This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan [in decades] ... We will continue to handle it in a state of maximum alert.

  Naoto Kan

  Nuclear, States, Quake

  "Kan: Japan on 'maximum alert' over nuke crisis", www.stripes.com. April 7, 2011.

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• Although North Korea's position differs (from Tokyo's), Japan's basic stance remains unchanged ? to seek sincere responses from the North Korean side to resolve the abduction and nuclear issues.

  Junichiro Koizumi

  Korea, Issues, Nuclear

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• I saw the various museum displays including scenes of torture while feeling heartfelt remorse and sorrow over the great pain and suffering inflicted on South Koreans by Japan's colonial rule.

  Junichiro Koizumi

  Pain, Museums, Feelings

  "Koizumi: 'Heartfelt remorse' for Korean suffering" By Sohn Jie-Ae, www.cnn.com. October 15, 2001.

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• The only thing that can change Japan is a change in government.

  Katsuya Okada

  Government

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• Going there [Japan] in the early 80s was quite a culture shock. I think the bombardment of Shinjuku and all that would have filtered through, which certainly informed things we later filmed.

  Stephen Mallinder

  Thinking, Culture, Shock

  Source: www.artdesigncafe.com

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• In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.

  Barney Frank

  Israel, America, Democracy

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• I think the biggest difficulty is that when I'm here in America, there's a necessity of using English, so I really have a great sense of really wanting to learn, but unfortunately when I head back to Japan, the necessity vanishes and so does my enthusiasm about learning.

  Chiaki Kuriyama

  Thinking, America, Doe

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• Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Hiroshima And Nagasaki, Humanity, Tragedy

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• Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as a country.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Country, People, Energy

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• In Japan, you have no idea what they are saying, and they can't help you either. Nothing makes any sense. They're very polite, but you feel like a joke is being played on you the entire time you're there.

  Bill Murray

  Ideas, Helping, Being Played

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• In Japan, the writers have made up a literary community, a circle, a society. I think 90 percent of Japan's writers live in Tokyo. Naturally, they make a community. There are groups and customs, and so they are tied up in a way.

  Haruki Murakami

  Thinking, Circles, Community

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• I myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven't belonged to any company or any system. It isn't easy to live like this in Japan.

  Haruki Murakami

  Independent, Easy, Company

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• It is hard to be an individual in Japan.

  Haruki Murakami

  Individual, Hard

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• When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.

  Ang Lee

  War, America, People

  Interview with Liev Schreiber, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 28, 2009.

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• If Facebook were a country, it would be the 8th most populated in the world, just ahead of Japan.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Country, Would Be, World

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• We can take our Japanese clients around the world. We can take them to Brazil, Europe, anywhere. And we also take companies from around the world into Japan.

  Jamie Dimon

  Europe, Brazil, World

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• Yes. I do about 70 shows a year, in the past year I've been to Italy, Australia, Japan, China, just about everywhere. I do it because I love singing. The money is a bonus.

  Katherine Jenkins

  Past, Years, Australia

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• After the tsunami in Japan, we were open for business. In fact, I flew there 10 days after the tsunami to show our support for the Japanese people.

  Jamie Dimon

  People, Support, Facts

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• I loved cowboy films and TV series, and I learned bits of English from them. My favorite was 'Laramie', with Robert Fuller and John Smith. I used to watch 'The Lone Ranger', which had been famous in Japan as well. I idolized these cowboys.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Cowboy, Watches, Tvs

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• As a matter of fact 25% of our U.S. investment banking business comes out of our commercial bank. So it's a competitive advantage for both the investment bank - which gets a huge volume of business - and the commercial bank because the commercial bank can walk into a company and say, "Oh, if you need X, Y and Z in Japan or China, we can do that for you."

  Jamie Dimon

  Commercial Banks, Needs, Banking

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.

  Arthur Erickson

  Artist, Europe, Crafts

  Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

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