Increasingly, corporate executives who don't speak Japanese are coming into Japan. Unlike their predecessors, they expect their employees to be able to… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
I've been studying the cultures of Asia for many years, and I'm very attracted to the culture of Japan, in particular to… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I really like the look of old '70s and '80s Japanese comics, so I think that style is something I will continue… — Bryan Lee O'Malley Copy Share Image
We would do the same thing that America did when the Jap[an] - when, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. America defended itself.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The power and depth of Japanese acting certainly inspired me, so I was determined that Hollywood was going to get a taste… — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Copy Share Image
Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army. — Sadao Araki Copy Share Image
We recognize the distinctness of Asian art when we turn to its traditional forms, recognize it as Japanese, Chinese and Indian, even… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
“However keen you may be to begin your study, before you venture on to the mat and attempt any of the basic… — Sadami Yamada Copy Share Image
While foreign competitors, French or Japanese or German, merrily bid for contracts abroad, American companies find themselves tangled in a web of… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
When Japanese went to Hawaii they would go straight and buy the same thing that they would buy in Japan. They just… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
I really love Japan, and I liked living there very much, and there are so many terrific things about Japan. However, I… — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I've translated a lot of American literature into Japanese, and I think that what makes a good translator is, above all, a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
There are no secrets anymore. The governments, the Chinese, the Americans, the Japanese, the Russians, just the governments alone can move right… — Drunvalo Melchizedek Copy Share Image
Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl… — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
“As Halloran parachuted over Tokyo, the Zero that had shot him down sped toward him, and Halloran was certain that he was… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though we think that will be all right;… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
The Japanese are human beings like the rest of us, but they will strongly resent this insinuation. — George Mikes Copy Share Image
I lived among the Japanese, and saw their mode of living, in regions unaffected by European contact. — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
“The Japanese are easily influenced, Italian's are infectious, And German's are German's wherever they go.” — Hidekaz Himaruya Copy Share Image
I've had quite a lot of bad experiences with Japanese sweets. I reckon, Japanese...they can do most things really well but sweets,… — Ian Graham Copy Share Image
While my friends were discussing Pearl Harbor as the country's problem, I took it personally. It dawned on me that the Japanese… — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
“As the U.S. Navy’s website put it, “Prior to the invasion, the 8-square mile island would suffer the longest, most intensive shelling… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
If the Japanese want to be taken seriously as world financial powers, they'd better quit using the same tailor as variety show… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“Yes, I will take Japan’s ersatz politeness over Moldova’s genuine rudeness any time. Thank you very much.” — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If they (the young pilots) are on land, they would be bombed down, and if they are in the air, they would… — Takijiro Onishi Copy Share Image
We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born. We are constantly remarking on the fact that… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
“It’ll be hard to invent something the Japanese haven’t thought of.” He considers for a moment. “Like those little mops babies can… — Sally Thorne Copy Share Image
You may be very mad at some guy that walked away with a huge golden parachute, but that really isn't the important… — Howard Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In the early stages of Internet in Japan, many said that Japanese and Americans are different. There are 10 reasons why Japanese… — Masayoshi Son Copy Share Image
Me being from a Celtic culture that tends to emphasize directness, conflict, openness has a big effect on my living in Japan,… — Sean Michael Wilson Copy Share Image
At the request of our Japanese partners, we have reopened these talks [about territories]. What command is given in this case in… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“Japan has the oldest population in the world, and the Japanese go to the doctor more than anybody—about fourteen office visits per… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Keiko, unlike Niki, was pure Japanese, and more than one newspaper was quick to pick up on this fact. The English are… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I think that the Japanese - and I do love Japanese cuisine and adore Japanese food culture - I think that they're… — David Chang Copy Share Image
“U-boat commanders called this their 'Happy Time'. Between January and July 1942 they sank 495 merchant ships and 142 tankers, a total… — Derek Robinson Copy Share Image
In the eighties, there was a huge shift in the humor of Japanese television. Up until then, the humor was garnered by… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
I've been making movies for a long time. The Japanese way of making movies has become second nature to me. To get… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
In Japanese organizations, before you have a meeting and you've got an idea that you want to get across, you go talk… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image