Japan Quotes - Page 30

• In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear evidence that airpower has evolved into a force in war co-equal with land and sea power, decisive in its own right and worthy of the faith of its prophets.

  Carl Andrew Spaatz

  Military, War, Home

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• The Japanese army is now prepared to use every means within its power to subdue its opponents. The objectives of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces are, as clearly set forth in statements issued by the Japanese Government, not only to protect the vested interests of Japan and the lives and property of the Japanese residents in the affected area, but also to scourge the Chinese Government and army who have een pursuing anti-foreign and anti-Japanese policies in collaboration with Communist influences.

  Iwane Matsui

  Mean, Army, Government

  "Shanghai's Undeclared War: An Illustrated Factual Recording of the Shanghai Hostilities". Book by George C. Bruce, p. 54, 1937.

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• I'm very sad to be compared with Warhol and The Factory, because I have no drugs, you know. We have no drug culture in Japan! Maybe it's because our attitude toward labor is totally different.

  Takashi Murakami

  Attitude, Drug, Different

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Japan continues to work closely with the United States on the issue of the North Korean nuclear crisis and has played an important and constructive role in the Six-Party talks.

  Michael K. Simpson

  Party, Usa, Issues

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• Japan admitted the Imperial Army ordered the building of these brothels and the trafficking of the women. And now that it's been 70 years, there are only 46 remaining comfort women still alive in South Korea. So also in this deal, Japan is going to pay 1 billion yen - that's about 8 million U.S. dollars - to provide social services and health care to the surviving victims.

  Elise Hu

  Army, Korea, Years

  "South Korea, Japan Reach Major Deal On Wartime Sex Slaves". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 28, 2015.

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• U.S. has certainly been wanting this to happen since both Japan and Korea are longtime allies of the U.S. and this estranged relationship has prevented better cooperation.

  Elise Hu

  Korea, Allies, Cooperation

  "South Korea, Japan Reach Major Deal On Wartime Sex Slaves". Interview with Audie Cornish, wkms.org. December 28, 2015.

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• Technically, Japan and South Korea normalized their diplomatic ties 50 years ago, but this wasn't included in the Normalization Treaty because forced prostitution, coerced sex just was taboo to even talk about.

  Elise Hu

  Sex, Korea, Years

  "South Korea, Japan Reach Major Deal On Wartime Sex Slaves". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 28, 2015.

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• The first comfort women didn't actually come forward until 1992, and since then, the issue has really been kicked up. Japan issued a 1993 acknowledgement on this. It's called the Kono Agreement. But in recent years, South Korea has been wanting an apology to go much further.

  Elise Hu

  Apology, Agreement, Korea

  "South Korea, Japan Reach Major Deal On Wartime Sex Slaves". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 28, 2015.

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• And that said, this [issues of comfort women] is important for reopening a conversation in both Japan and in Korea and on their respective understandings of history. Policymakers are going to be trumpeting this deal, but you know, as of now, we just don't know whether the women themselves who are actually victims will think this agreement is enough.

  Elise Hu

  Thinking, Agreement, Korea

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I recently got into Haiku in Japan and I just think it's fantastic. Obviously, when you get rid of a whole section of illusion in your mind you're left with great precision.

  John Lennon

  Thinking, Mind, Illusion

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times.

  George W. Bush

  America, Alliances, Half

  "Stupidity is not a resignable offense" by Mark Shields, www.cnn.com. March 17, 2003.

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• A lot of country making films in English, but in Japan we are very shy to speak English.

  Hiroyuki Sanada

  Country, Speak English, Shy

  Source: collider.com

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• I've done a lot of Samurai film in Japan, and sometimes done the choreography by myself.

  Hiroyuki Sanada

  Done, Samurai, Sometimes

  Source: collider.com

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• The stagnation of the Japanese economy in the past 20 years is eloquent testimony to the fact that government usually gets it wrong. Sometimes it makes the wrong decision because it fails to anticipate the market (as Japan did when it downplayed laptop computers and stressed mainframes).

  Dick Morris

  Past, Government, Years

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• Population diminishing, even in Japan and Italy, the population is diminishing. When society can reach a sustainable place or gain comfortable income, then people tend to have fewer children. Poverty makes a chain reaction of having many children. So when society reaches some kind of level, then it will turn toward getting a smaller population.

  Hiroshi Sugimoto

  Children, People, Population

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In Japan, it's strange to openly take credit for giving to charity or even to donate publicly.

  Robert Paul Weston

  Giving, Credit, Charity

  Source: www.yabookshelf.com

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• Japan is formally apologizing and admitting the state was responsible for the system of comfort stations or brothels for soldiers in which mostly teenage girls were expected to service 60 to 70 men a day. That is from a U.N. report.

  Elise Hu

  Girl, Teenage, Men

  "South Korea, Japan Reach Major Deal On Wartime Sex Slaves". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 28, 2015.

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• The ROH guys looking at the New Japan guys coming over, we're just psyched. We think, "oh great this is just going to make our show even better." The respect level with New Japan and ROH is at an all-time high. And anytime we get a company like New Japan Pro Wrestling on a ROH show, it just benefits our show. It has everybody all jacked up, ready to do the best we can like we always do.

  Adam Cole

  Wrestling, Thinking, Guy

  Source: 411mania.com

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• Revolutionary war is an antitoxin that not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth. Every just, revolutionary war is endowed with tremendous power and can transform many things or clear the way for their transformation. The Sino-Japanese war will transform both China and Japan; provided China perseveres in the War of Resistance and in the united front, the old Japan will surely be transformed into a new Japan and the old China into a new China, and people and everything else in both China and Japan will be transformed during and after the war.

  Mao Zedong

  Peace, War, People

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• The visits Prime Minister Koizumi made to the Yasukuni Shrine, I believe, had nothing to do with approval ratings. He paid respects at the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respects to the people of Japan who fought and lost their lives for the country and to pray for the peace of their souls.

  Shinzo Abe

  Country, Believe, Approval Rating

  "Shinzo Abe Talk Asia interview". Interview With Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. April 30, 2007.

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• The most sheer fun I ever had in sports was playing volleyball, a game I commend highly. I understand that an effort is under way to establish a national league of professional volleyball teams, and if you have ever seen the great women's teams of Japan and Russia or the equally good men's teams of Cuba and East Germany, you know how exciting this playground game, which requires so little equipment, can be.

  James A. Michener

  Sports, Volleyball, Fun

  "Sports in America".

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• Well actually, we are working on the live album from the shows in Japan. I'm trying to get that finished.

  Bootsy Collins

  Trying, Albums, Boots

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• Fracking is our biggest enemy right now in the U.S. Actually, not just in the U.S., because all our water systems are interconnected. Whether you're reading this in New York State or in Japan, fracking is screwing you over.

  Ian Somerhalder

  New York, Reading, Water

  "Ian Somerhalder, ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Actor, Talks Love, Social Media And Social Change With Origin Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 21, 2013.

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• The service at the Imperial (Tokyo) is the finest I've encountered anywhere. There was a button next to my bed marked ROOM SERVICE - and a maid to press it for me.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Humorous, Bed

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• When I was in Japan with my girlfriend Jessica, she would have had acupuncture every day if she could. I can just about stomach going to a chiropractor and I visited a talented one when I was there, but when he tried a needle on me, it was horrible. My muscles tightened and it didn't work at all.

  Jenson Button

  Girlfriend, Acupuncture, Muscles

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