Japan Quotes - Page 16

• Whatever happens in the country, whatever warfare harasses our land, we will never relinquish our hold on Western learning. As long as this school of ours stands, Japan remains a civilized nation of the world.

  Fukuzawa Yukichi

  Country, School, Land

  Yukichi Fukuzawa, Eiichi Kiyooka (1966). “The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa”, p.211, Columbia University Press

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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.

  Shinzo Abe

  Responsibility, Thinking, World

  "U.S. 'only indispensable alliance'". Interview with Lally Weymouth, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 23, 2007.

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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.

  Shinzo Abe

  Strong, United States, Alliances

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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.

  Shinzo Abe

  Beautiful, Sea, Land

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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.

  Shinzo Abe

  Believe, Humility, Responsibility

  "U.S. 'only indispensable alliance'". Interview with Lally Weymouth, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 23, 2007.

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• To protect people's lives and keep our children safe, we must implement public-works spending and do so proudly. If possible, I'd like to see the Bank of Japan purchase all of the construction bonds that we need to issue to cover the cost. That would also forcefully circulate money in the market. That would be positive for the economy, too.

  Shinzo Abe

  Children, Issues, People

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• In most places that are rich in guitar culture, everyone uses their fingers, like in Spain or Africa. In Japan there are string instruments played that way. It is not until you get in the States that you find people using picks.

  Kevin Eubanks

  Guitar, People, Way

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• After college, I wanted to learned about myself as an American, so I left the United States and went to Japan.

  Bruce Feiler

  College, United States, Wanted

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• I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. I'd gone with him to Japan in '91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall.

  Dhani Harrison

  Couple, Dad, Years

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

  Townsend Harris

  War, Suffering, Break Out

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• By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.

  Townsend Harris

  Mean, California, Steam

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• If I write in my name to the agents of England and France residing in Asia and inform them that Japan is ready to make a commercial treaty with their countries, the number of steamers will be reduced from fifty to two or three.

  Townsend Harris

  Country, Writing, Numbers

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• From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets.

  Daniel Boulud

  Thailand, Cuisine, Talent

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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.

  Shinzo Abe

  Sea, Competition, Growth

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

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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.

  Shinzo Abe

  Second Chance, Challenges, Reason Why

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

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• Americans are so often thrown by Japan. It looks familiar but, an inch below the surface, it isn't anything like the West at all.

  Cathy Davidson

  Looks, West, Inches

  Cathy N. Davidson (2006). “36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan”, p.13, Duke University Press

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• In Turkey it was always 1952, in Malaysia 1937; Afghanistan was 1910 and Bolivia 1949. It is 20 years ago in the Soviet Union, 10 in Norway, five in France. It is always last year in Australia and next week in Japan.

  Paul Theroux

  Next Week, Years, Turkeys

  Paul Theroux (2012). “The Lower River”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The enemy of our games was always Japan, and the courses were so thorough that after the start of World War II, nothing that happened in the Pacific was strange or unexpected.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  War, Games, Enemy

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• According to the supermarkets, there is no such thing as “out of season.” Berries in the middle of February? Why not? Seafood flown in from Japan? Sure. While it all adds up to appetizing and varied meals throughout the year, regardless of the weather, it comes with a price tag - both ethical and financial.

  Homaro Cantu

  Years, Price Tag, Weather

  "Zero Mile Gastronomy: This Isn’t Your Grandma’s Garden" by Homaro Cantu, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2013.

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• It is very important for our long-term economic future that the relationship with Japan, Korea and China, who are our three biggest trading partners, be ever stronger.

  Tony Abbott

  Korea, Long, Important

  "Grattan on Friday: In Conversation with Tony Abbott". Interview with Michelle Grattan, theconversation.com. March 27, 2014.

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• Whatever doubts or vexations one has in Japan, it is only necessary to ask one's self: "Well, who are the best people to live with?

  Lafcadio Hearn

  Self, People, Doubt

  Lafcadio Hearn (2008). “The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn Including the Japanese Letters”, p.160, Wildside Press LLC

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• The world is divided into 2 streams - the one of 'Vistarvaad' & and the other of 'Vikasvaad'. Vikasvaad is indispensable in 21st Century! India & Japan need to join hands to take the pride of Vikasvaad to greater heights.

  Narendra Modi

  Motivation, Pride, Hands

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• Everybody understands a slap in the face. In Japan, Belgium, or America, a punch is a punch. Comedy will be different in Europe or America or Japan, so my movies are very international.

  Jean-Claude Van Damme

  Europe, America, Different

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 10, 2008.

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• If you go to Japan, they're still buying vinyl, and they want the education. They know who's playing on what tracks from the '60s and the '70s - who the guitar player is, who the drummer is, who the producer was, what studio it was recorded in. That's how I grew up listening to music. We bought albums. We read the liner notes. It was important to know the whole history behind it.

  Lenny Kravitz

  Player, Guitar, Track

  Interview with Raphael Saadiq, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 14, 2012.

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• Even if I'm in Japan and I don't speak Japanese and the woman facing me doesn't speak French but she's dressed in Rykiel, and she recognizes me, then we have a common language right away.

  Sonia Rykiel

  Speaks French, Common, Language

  Interview with Rebecca Voight, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 22, 2008.

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