Global central banks are working hard to lift their economies through an aggressively easy monetary policy. The ECB [European Central Bank] and… — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
From 1965 to 1973, more munitions fell on Cambodia than on all of World War II Japan, including the two nuclear bombs of August 1945. — Sophal Ear Copy Share Image
“Aikido means the oneness of the way of the spirit, of being at one with the life force. (Page 17).” — Sadami Yamada Copy Share Image
The Imperial Household, as represented by the Emperor, has been praying for the welfare of the people while nurturing harmonious relationship with… — Yoshiko Sakurai Copy Share Image
“From New Year's Eve through the third of January, the streets of Tokyo grew quiet, as if all the people had disappeared.” — Shogo Oketani Copy Share Image
“The pale whiteness of her upturned face as she choked on the smoke; the tangled length of her hair as she tried… — Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Copy Share Image
The new book is a result of my well-documented... absorption in Samurai movie culture. It's called 'The 47th Samurai: A Bob Lee… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“The last few weeks had demonstrated that we were literally irreplaceable as workers, but any criminal incident turned the whole community into… — Ray Ventura Copy Share Image
“True, there's an aisle devoted to foreign foods, and then there are familiar foods that have been through the Japanese filter and… — Matthew Amster-Burton Copy Share Image
I won a great giant slalom in Japan last week, and it gave me momentum for this final part of the season. — Hermann Maier Copy Share Image
Part of [Japanese companies] growing and expanding around the world is ... going to help the Japanese keep their lifestyles [despite Japan's]… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
My childhood memories include a time when the government confiscated my family's possessions and exiled us to a camp in the B.C.… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Out of the ugliness of the ironworks lepers will eat, children will be born, their parents will grow old.” — Helen McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Integrating the beauty of seasonal change into the residence was a concept that remains true even today even in the more cramped,… — Judith Clancy Copy Share Image
From another point of view, a new situation now seems to be arising in which Japan's prosperity is going to be incorporated… — Kenzaburo Oe Copy Share Image
“You know Americans...Self-improvement. No matter who or what we are, we're always working on ways to become somebody else.” — Alan Brown Copy Share Image
Being exposed to different production environments in Korea, Japan and the U.S. was a great experience, and each system allows you to… — Bae Doona Copy Share Image
There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time, I believe. France and Germany and Japan, China,… — Alan Cranston Copy Share Image
It was good to launch the economy in the '50s. Japan did this; China did this; even South Korea did this. All… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share Image
The exposure I have had to beautiful materials across the world, from Japan to Italy, enables me to pull design ideas together.… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
“It is not, of course, only the Japanese who find flat sterile surfaces attractive and kirei. Foreign observers, too, are seduced by… — Alex Kerr Copy Share Image
Going there [Japan] in the early 80s was quite a culture shock. I think the bombardment of Shinjuku and all that would… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
In Japan, violence isn't as controversial as it is in the West. Pornography is more restricted, but it's not hard to make… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
We are natural partners [with Japan] in the world and the Far East, but the absence of a peace treaty does not… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In reality, at the end of World War II, America imposed democracy at the point of a bayonet on Japan and Germany,… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
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