It is my policy to deepen the Japan-U.S. alliance and to deepen security and economic relations as well as personal exchanges.

Japan's alliance with the U.S. will only grow in importance amid the increasingly difficult security situation surrounding our country, thus I think it is necessary to keep the marines in Okinawa, a geographically strategic location from the standpoint of maintaining deterrence.

We are still convinced that it is necessary to deepen and increase our relations in the economic field.

A loach can't emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won't rise.

The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided.

Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge.