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.


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With love and patience, nothing is impossible. -Daisaku Ikeda.
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The election of Shinzo Abe as the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party and now prim...
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I've been surprised to know that people in the U.S. often mix up Japan and China. It is sad to us, b...
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People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.
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The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.
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Japan has viewed Southeast Asia from a Western perspective and people have thought they understood t...
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Japan caused huge damage and suffering to many countries, especially the people of Asia, with its co...
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The major markets overseas - Europe, Japan and Asia - have fairly solid underlying momentum. Japan i...
BRIAN BETHUNE
Asia is the biggest growth market for us, especially China, but also Japan.
HERBERT HAINER
Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading ...
HIDEKI TOJO
Japan's inexplicable lack of response to even consider a move to re-open their market to U.S. be...
SAXBY CHAMBLISS
Japan and America can learn a lot from each other. Japan values privacy, and America values interven...
BRANDON CHRISTOPHER
In Japan, full-time homemakers have no economic power of their own, and they socially lead a faceles...
NATSUO KIRINO
The US and Japan want more participants in their alliance to increase influence in the Asia-Pacific ...
WANG YUSHENG
The fact is, Japan's whaling is illegal, so just because there is a natural disaster in Japan is...
PAUL WATSON
The scientific method gives us information by testing and repeating observable things so that we can...
LEWIS N. ROE
After the Second World War, people in Japan no longer died for their country, and even that expressi...
NAOTO KAN
As we are Japan-based carrier, planes usually depart from Japan in the morning and come back to Japa...
MASAAKI TOI
Word has it . . . the stone is from Japan, it's very ancient, it belonged to a shogun in the elevent...
ANTHONY DOERR
Personally, I think Japan is the strongest team in Asia and we want to finish Pool A as the top team...
SADAHARU OH
To what better purpose can a man's energy be devoted, and his talents, than the resuscitation of...
GEORGE A. MOORE
The atheist might have no proof for the supernatural, but they also have no proof against it. If we ...
LEWIS N. ROE
When Japan and China tensions erupted last year, there was a sudden interest from Japan to have fall...
FREDERICK BURKE
The pact we have with Japan is interesting. Because if somebody attacks us, Japan does not have to h...
DONALD TRUMP
I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. I...
JOHN LASSETER
The United States depends on South Korea and Japan to help promote American values in East Asia.
EVAN BAYH
Japan's beautiful seas and its territory are under threat, and young people are having trouble f...
SHINZO ABE
Japan is no longer the sick man of Asia... we are healthy.
EISUKE SAKAKIBARA
There is tremendous promise for Japan to be an international security leader, ... We have proven to ...
BRUCE WRIGHT
We expect increased demand in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region for our products and services in the...
GIDEON ARGOV
China will be the answer to Japan's problems.
CARLOS GHOSN
A lot of the companies bring their equipment from Japan.
DON PETERS
We welcome the Obama administration's policy called the 'pivot to Asia' because it is a ...
SHINZO ABE
People come here from all over, and from as far away as Argentina, Poland, the Czech Republic and Ja...
ELIAN GONZALEZ
During the 1980s, when Japan's economy was roaring and people were writing books with titles lik...
REBECCA MACKINNON
Whenever we have a game against Japan, we have the strong will to beat Team Japan.
JAE SEO
I think the United States should leave Iraq and deal with environmental problems. If the U.S. Army s...
KARIN KEMMOCHI
Basically, people in other countries don't want to have to work quite as flat-out as they do in ...
TADANOBU ASANO
Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change ...
PAUL SAMUELSON
This is beginning to look like a contest that could last for decades. China and Japan are essentiall...
GORDON CHANG
The war has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.
HIROHITO
So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor; it feels very much closed in for various reasons.
NAOTO KAN
Whether you say that a god does exist, or that none do, it is a claim to know (or at least believe i...
LEWIS N. ROE
Japan has only 100m people. Asia has 4bn. At least one-third, maybe nearly half, will become middle ...
TADASHI YANAI
In addition to the tournament, we hope to get a coach from Japan, who will be in the team as a techn...
JACOB OWITI
Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.
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Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, th...
HIDEKI TOJO
As China's economy continues to grow, its outbound tourism will also continue to increase. China is ...
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During this period, Japan's peaceful commercial relations were successively obstructed, primaril...
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Mitsubishi Motors is the ideal partner to increase DaimlerChrysler's presence in all parts of Asia, ...
JUERGEN SCHREMPP
In Asia, Free People, along with World Co., Ltd. of Japan, will launch a shop in Shinjuku and a free...
RICHARD HAYNE
When looking for evidence that something exists, it's silly to start by assuming that it is impossib...
LEWIS N. ROE
But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit ins...
TADAO ANDO
I had no idea it was such a big deal. We were touring in Japan beforehand and people kept telling us...
BEN GIBBARD
I've been studying the cultures of Asia for many years, and I'm very attracted to the cultur...
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It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON
We've had over 300,000 people since it opened. We're very pleased with it. People have already come ...
JEFF SWANAGAN
We're hopeful this unfortunate matter can be quickly resolved so we can continue rebuilding our expo...
GARY MICKELSON
Japan is the only country in the world which suffered from the scourge of nuclear weapons.
YOSHIRO MORI
I am proud that Japan is the strongest team in Asia. We are determined to go through at the top.
SADAHARU OH
The one that would concern us most of those three is Japan because we know the Japan market is a bit...
GEORGE HICKTON
As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general as to the poss...
HENRY L. STIMSON
Most of the uptake in Xbox 360 will be driven mainly by demand from U.S., Europe and rest of Asia Pa...
ADAM HOLT
If I write in my name to the agents of England and France residing in Asia and inform them that Japa...
TOWNSEND HARRIS
Most people don't want to change. They're comfortable and set in their ways. But in order to...
COLIN KAEPERNICK
It seems the best approach for any venture is a combo platter - Japan's quality-consciousness pa...
DANIEL H. PINK
It's interesting that people throughout the existence of the web have been concerned about monop...
TIM BERNERS-LEE
Yet since the 1950s, little has been done to prepare for our country's current or future energy ...
CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS
The claim to know that no god exists is just irrational. The non-existence of any god has no evidenc...
LEWIS N. ROE
The United Nations was founded 70 years ago, at the end of World War II. Since that time, Japan has ...
SHINZO ABE
We didn't just play a baseball game, we brought together many Koreans. Each player is trying to win ...
CHAN HO PARK
Oil damps growth everywhere but the high oil price may well be hurting Asia and Japan a lot more. Oi...
ADRIAN SCHMIDT
Japan has become a saturated market. Nissan brought out a lot of new models over a year ago and so n...
KOJI ENDO
I haven't surfed since Japan—not even one wave.
KELLY SLATER
Our biggest market for her is still Japan and southeast Asia, but our big push going forward is the ...
BILL HENSLEY
Since the election of Shinzo Abe as the new Japanese prime minister, by reputation a fervent nationa...
MARTIN JACQUES
China allowed Australia to diversify away from Japan as it hit its slump.
ANDREW LEIGH
Increasing demand in East Asia can be met from Australian interests, the Middle East or projects bei...
PETER COSTELLO
It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON
Also, they were offered top dollar by Japan Tobacco. Japan Tobacco very much wants to establish a pr...
ROY BURRY
Democratic self-government has manifestly brought benefits to India, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, Sou...
MICHAEL GOVE
Clean energy is about offering people the opportunity to do what's right for themselves and the ...
GLORIA REUBEN
Arnold Schwarzenegger became so famous in Japan for that ad. Nobody in Japan could have done that.
TOMOKO KAMIGUCHI
When I took office, Liberia began to recover from years of neglect. Our people have brought clean wa...
ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF
The rate of growth from Japan, Republic of Korea and China continues to be exceptional, reflecting t...
FRANCIS GURRY
A lot of times we work across multiple platforms. We'll go to Japan working on the tsunami for &...
LESTER HOLT
It is time, as a matter of pride, as well as a matter of national security, for the United States of...
SENATOR JOHN KERRY
Investors have started to warm to Japan again as an investment market.
DOUGLAS EU
Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capaci...
DAN QUAYLE
Using the Japan-U.S. alliance as a basis, it is important that we maintain and develop cooperative r...
JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI
We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess t...
ARTHUR ERICKSON
GM could give more money to Isuzu, but the basic fundamental problem is still demand for trucks in A...
KOJI ENDO
When President Obama visited Japan, we were able to confirm that our alliance is playing a leading r...
SHINZO ABE
The Chinese government has conveyed a clear message to Japan. We hope China's sincerity, goodwill an...
LIU JIANCHAO
Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now h...
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