Shinzo Abe Quotes

• The future of Japan's economic growth depends on us having the willpower and the courage to sail without hesitation onto the rough seas of global competition.

  Shinzo Abe

  Japan, Sea, Competition

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• I promise to protect Japan's land and sea, and the lives of the Japanese people no matter what.

  Shinzo Abe

  Japan, Sea, Land

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• the sluggish economy is creating a situation where the young people in Japan cannot cherish their desires or have prospects for their future. Also, the decline in Japan's economic capability is resulting in a declining presence for Japan's foreign policy as well. Accordingly, the duties and mission that I must fulfill are pretty clear: namely, to regain a strong and robust economy, and also to restore Japan's strong foreign policy capability.

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  Strong, Japan, Creating

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• For China to continue to enjoy economic prosperity, it needs to foster trusting international relationships, not tensions ... and it is important for China to understand this.

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  Important, Needs, Prosperity

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• The Japan-U.S. alliance is an irreplaceable alliance. And I would like to further consolidate and broaden that alliance.

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  Japan, Alliances, Irreplaceable

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• The Senkaku islands are inherently Japanese territory. I want to show my strong determination to prevent this from changing.

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  Strong, Determination, Islands

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• Japan will change. Let's create a country where innovation is constantly happening, giving birth to new industries to lead the world, when I visit Silicon Valley I want to think about how we can take Silicon Valley's ways and make them work in Japan.

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  Change, Country, Thinking

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• I believe it is important that we Japanese write a constitution for ourselves that would reflect the shape of the country we consider desirable in the 21st century.

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  Country, Believe, Writing

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• It is my belief that politicians should not be stepping into the realm of history. Rather, politicians should be taking a future-oriented perspective.

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  Perspective, Belief, Politician

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• I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan,

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  Japan, Giving, Politician

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• In a world that is deepening its mutual interdependence, inward-focused thinking is no longer able to safeguard the peace of Japan. We will fully defend the lives and assets of our nationals as well as our territory, territorial waters, and territorial airspace in a resolute manner.

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  Thinking, Japan, Water

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• To serve as prime minister while being too mindful of the approval rating is like serving as a prime minister on a roller coaster. What is important, I believe, is that I really act on promises that I make and leave results. Leave a track record and show that to the Japanese public, who will, at the end of the day, I hope, appreciate it.

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  Believe, Approval Rating, Track

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• In Japan, usually, once you become prime minister, you do not have a second chance. Probably the reason why that was not the case this time is because Japan is facing an increasingly challenging situation.

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  Second Chance, Japan, Challenges

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• I am a patriot. I would think there are no politicians who are not patriots. Since I am a politician, I often get criticized, as I try to exercise what I believe to be right. However, if you mind such criticism, I think you can't protect people's lives.

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  Believe, Exercise, Thinking

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• In the last five years I used to go to Zen practice once a month, but since I assumed the post of prime minister it's been much harder.

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  Years, Practice, Lasts

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• I paid a visit to Yasukuni Shrine to pray for the souls of those who had fought for the country and made ultimate sacrifices. I have made a pledge never to wage war again, that we must build a world that is free from the sufferings of the devastation of war.

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  Country, War, Sacrifice

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• While our responses to the problems facing us immediately are also important, we cannot forget to carve out the future of Japan ten or one hundred years into the future. In doing so, we must not resort to superficial measures. Instead, it is imperative to engage in true reforms that ascertain the state of society we seek to achieve.

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  Japan, Years, Important

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• Extremism and Islam are completely different things, we strongly demand the immediate release of the Japanese citizens unharmed ... The international community needs to respond firmly and cooperate without caving into terrorism.

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  Community, Islam, Different

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• I will aim to restore the Japan-U.S. alliance and Japan's strong diplomatic capabilities. Japan can't pursue a strong foreign policy without strengthening its alliance with the United States.

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  Strong, Japan, United States

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• It is important to explain fully to the local areas with sincerity. We will also think, of course, about the development promotion of the communities.

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  Thinking, Community, Important

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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.

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  Country, Believe, Approval Rating

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• Efforts to ease regulations and reform the nation's tax system have helped put this self-sustaining recovery on track, The numbers prove our policies have not been wrong.

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  Recovery, Self, Numbers

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• During the Koizumi administration, I served as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary as well as the Chief Cabinet Secretary.

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  Cabinets, Administration, Deputies

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• The 20th century was a century in which human rights were infringed upon in numerous parts of the world, and Japan also bears responsibility in that regard. I believe that we have to look at our own history with humility and think about our responsibility.

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  Believe, Humility, Responsibility

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• I think it is the responsibility of anyone involved in politics to always think of what Japan can do to contribute more to the peace and stability not just of Japan and the region but of the entire world.

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  Responsibility, Thinking, Japan

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