Japan Quotes · Page 10

SoftBank has had a lot of businesses, but they've always ranked, say, third in Japan or fourth in the U.S.

— Masayoshi Son

Japan is a well-educated, technological society. It is a free society, protects intellectual property.

— John Roos

“One very good way to invite stares of disapproval in Japan is to walk and eat at the same time.”

— Andrew Horvat

The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.

— Kenzaburo Oe

I will carry on the torch of reviving Japan that the Democratic Party received from the people.

— Naoto Kan

I've always been really interested in the age of the samurai in Japan.

— Daniel Dae Kim

I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.

— Shigeru Yoshida

Today, Japan is one of the few countries in the world where one hears laughter everywhere.

— David Douglas Duncan

Golf's really fun in Japan because of the women caddies. ... I saw one guy start out playing alone with his caddie.…

— Bob Hope

In Japan, there's a TV series called Jin. It deals with time travel. I like stories about time travel. It's a story…

— Yuji Horii

“Still more horrible was the color of the flames that licked the latticed cabin vents before shooting skyward, as though - might…

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

In Japan, football has grown but it doesn't mean that baseball has regressed. Baseball also has grown with football.

— Zico

I think starting in anime, like I did, gave me a good idea of how to approach games that come from Japan.…

— Laura Bailey

The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade…

— Paul Watson

When I went to a school in Japan, they told me that both the teachers and students perform cleaning tasks here to…

— Narendra Modi

But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions…

— Alan Greenspan

“Count Ayakura’s abstraction persisted. He believed that only a vulgar mentality was willing to acknowledge the possibility of catastrophe. He felt that…

— Yukio Mishima

There is progress in the sense that the Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] has proposed, outlined, as it were, directions for movement toward…

— Vladimir Putin

I think, in a lot of places, the solar panels are a badge of honor; they're trendy. If you go to Hawaii…

— Lynn Jurich

“It was Daisuke's conviction that all morality traced its origins to social realities. He believed there could be no greater confusion of…

— Natsume Sōseki

And its very strange, but I think there is something very common - not only in Celtic music - but there is…

— Nobuo Uematsu

“I don't need to eat the stuff now because now I'm here-right in the middle of it!The soup I ordered in Colorado…

— Ryu Murakami

When I got on the airplane in Indonesia coming to Japan, my intentions was to turn myself in to the military for…

— Robert Jenkins

With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position of English? And where will all that leave…

— Martin Jacques

Chinas development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.

— Yoshihiko Noda

Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.

— Arthur Erickson

“Japan never considers time together as time wasted. Rather, it is time invested.”

— Donald Richie

Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.

— Jacques Delors

Japan took me in as one of their own and treated me like one of their own.

— Finn Balor

Living in Europe, I was surprised to find out just how little everyone knows about Japan.

— Hidetoshi Nakata

One of my favorite countries in the world is Japan, and I've spent a huge amount of time there.

— Paul W. S. Anderson

Everything in Japan is hidden. Real life has an unlisted phone number.

— Fran Lebowitz

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.

— Tadao Ando

I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.

— Javier Bardem

Japan is an appealing place for a young family and comparatively safe in health terms.

— Beauden Barrett

Flying from the United States to Tokyo takes approximately as long as law school.

— Dave Barry

In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture.

— Marc Newson

When I finally got to go ride the mountains in Japan, it blew my mind.

— Travis Rice

Poverty and loneliness could be seen as a liberation from strivings to become rich and popular.

— Donald Richie

When I was at U.C.L.A., I decided I was going to go to Japan and learn Japanese.

— Natalie Massenet