We have not yet solved the problems and we still have things to discuss with the United States.

All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian

Notwithstanding that there were problems in the past, both parties are interested in better relations with the United States, ... When you look at substance, we have practically no serious bilateral problems.

The Japanese public might get the impression that we are responding to U.S. pressure. They would not trust us.

I cannot call it a major step forward, but I can say it was a step forward, rather than backward.

I think the United States should leave Iraq and deal with environmental problems. If the U.S. Army stays in Iraq, Japan will also follow it because the U.S. is an important partner of trade to Japan. American people also need to know they have to save energy. The U.S. was the only country that did not sign the Kyoto Protocol, which was selfish.