Japan Quotes · Page 14

Japan is our rival, not our enemy. Japan is a competitor... Bashing a Toyota won't make a better car.

— Ross Perot

Playing in Japan for thousands of people was like playing on the moon.

— Rick Nielsen

Japan is the only country in the world which suffered from the scourge of nuclear weapons.

— Yoshiro Mori

Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments.

— Isoroku Yamamoto

There are wrestlers in Japan. I think they think they can move to WWE, but it's not so easy.

— Shinsuke Nakamura

We would love to perform in Japan in Japanese, in America in English.

— Jennie

I played behind the main striker at Dortmund, but I usually play on the left with Japan.

— Shinji Kagawa

In Japan, you can learn how to make a bunch of flowers. This is an art. Tea ceremony, it's an art.

— Carine Roitfeld

And then the industry itself was so cocky about what they were doing that they weren't seeing what was coming on the…

— David Maraniss

The stadiums are like none I've ever seen. I think there must have been some strong competition nationally between Korea and Japan…

— Lamar Hunt

I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken…

— Joichi Ito

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

“In Japan, so many emoticons have been created that it’s reasonable to assume Japanese appreciate their convenience more than anyone else.”

— Morinosuke Kawaguchi

“To appreciate the best opportunity for attack and defence, you must fully understand the rhythm of movement. (Page 28).”

— Sadami Yamada

Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we…

— Yoshihiko Noda

Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the…

— Townsend Harris

In 2000 the then Prime Minister of Japan [Yoshirō Mori] asked me to return to this process, this conversation, these talks, and…

— Vladimir Putin

We're working better with China than we ever have. We are determined to take care of South Korea, which is why we…

— Nikki Haley

We never work on only one project because we never know if we will get permission for a project. So, for 'Over…

— Christo

“Or the Japanese may go in an entirely different direction—an interesting possibility, given that the West itself has now begun to question…

— Patrick Smith

These are the highlights in a lifetime of following sports. Hilarity. The most sheer fun I ever had in sports was playing…

— James A. Michener

The Japanese eat, sleep, and breathe golf; the only thing they don't do is actually play it, because to get on a…

— Dave Barry

“The incident does not mean that most Japanese were not appalled by Aum. It does suggest that many young adults viewed their…

— Robert Jay Lifton

Japan will change. Let's create a country where innovation is constantly happening, giving birth to new industries to lead the world, when…

— Shinzo Abe

Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.

— Tadashi Yanai

Chopsticks box! I didn't know before and put them on the table and my Japan friends scolded me.

— Seungri

We want full-scale normalisation of relations [with Japan].

— Vladimir Putin

Japan redefined world power. They showed you could become a world power without having a military.

— Patricia Schroeder

[My muse] feels nostalgic for Japan, and, perhaps strangely, for the pioneer days of America.

— Quentin S. Crisp

If Facebook were a country, it would be the 8th most populated in the world, just ahead of Japan.

— Mark Zuckerberg

The bond between America and Japan and the friendship between our two peoples runs very, very deep.

— Donald Trump

“As much as any contemporary writer, Murakami grasps the bewildering fluidity of commoditized life.”

— The Japan Foundation

From the way of Go the beauty of Japan and the Orient had fled. Everything had become science and regulation.

— Yasunari Kawabata

The pension system ties you to companies much longer in Japan.

— Masayoshi Son

I've done a lot of Samurai film in Japan, and sometimes done the choreography by myself.

— Hiroyuki Sanada

Donald Trump's idea that more nations should get nuclear weapons. Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Korea.

— Tim Kaine

It's no secret that I love the country, and Japan has always felt like a second home to me.

— Kenny Omega

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

— Daniel Boulud

Japan is the place that made me in the MMA world, and I love the country and the Japanese people.

— Mauricio Rua

India and Japan should develop a complementary relationship in information technology.

— Yoshiro Mori