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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.

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Japan, Sea, Competition

"Japan’s New Leader Takes On Old Order to Jolt Economy" by Martin Fackler, www.nytimes.com. March 6, 2013.

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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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Our predecessors overcame many troubles and much suffering, but each time got back up stronger than before.

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Suffering, Stronger, Trouble

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There isn't anything anybody wants that is for any other reason than that they think they would feel better in having it.

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Motivational, Feel Better, Thinking

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

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Sea, Land, Japan

" Japanese nationalist tipped to be PM, raising fears of tensions with China" by Justin McCurry, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2012.

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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

"Interview with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe". www.washingtonpost.com. February 20, 2013.

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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

"Shinzo Abe Talk Asia interview". www.cnn.com. April 30, 2007.

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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

"Interview with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe". www.washingtonpost.com. February 20, 2013.

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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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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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I try to exercise in nature, and I try to play golf once a month. The last time I played golf with my wife, however, she got better scores than me, which became an additional source of stress.

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Stress, Exercise, Golf

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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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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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It goes without saying that the stability of the Middle East is the foundation for peace and prosperity for the world, and of course for Japan. Should we leave terrorism or weapons of mass destruction to spread in this region, the loss imparted upon the international community would be immeasurable.

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Peace, Loss, Mass Destruction

"Japan's Abe pledges support for Mideast countries battling IS" by Stephen Kalin, www.reuters.com. January 17, 2015.

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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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I have to express sympathy from the bottom of my heart to those people who were taken as wartime comfort women. As a human being, I would like to express my sympathies, and also as prime minister of Japan I need to apologize to them.

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Taken, Heart, Japan

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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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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

"A Conversation With Shinzo Abe". Interview with Lally Weymouth, www.washingtonpost.com. April 22, 2007.

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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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Japan's beautiful seas and its territory are under threat, and young people are having trouble finding hope in the future amid economic slump. I promise to protect Japan's land and sea, and the lives of the Japanese people no matter what.

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Beautiful, Japan, Sea

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It has been believed for a long time in Japan that things such as the constitution can never be changed. I say we should change our constitution now. The U.S. has amended its constitution six times, but Japan has done it zero times.

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Zero, Japan, Long

"The Patriot: Shinzo Abe Speaks to TIME". Interview with Nancy Gibbs and Hannah Beech, time.com. April 17, 2014.

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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

"Interview with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe". www.washingtonpost.com. February 20, 2013.

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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, Numbers, Self

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We need to be very careful when considering whether or not to change the constitution to accept same-sex marriage as this issue touches on the fundamentals of how we live.

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Change, Sex, Issues

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Born: September 21, 1954
Occupation: Prime Minister of Japan
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