Since the election of Shinzo Abe as the new Japanese prime minister, by reputation a fervent nationalist, relations between Japan and China… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Japan has a low crime rate, unless you count the fact that approximately every fifteen minutes the entire Cabinet gets indicted for… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
President Obama went to India, South Korea, then Japan. He's going to keep travelling until he finds his birth certificate. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Government bonds have basically been sold in the domestic market, so there is some sense of stability, but the amount of public… — Yoshihiko Noda Copy Share Image
Every once in a while I run the Olympic downhill in Japan in my head. I think of how the energy is… — Picabo Street Copy Share Image
We've also started promoting in Japan, and compared to TVXQ sunbaes, we still have to secure a place. We all like TVXQ… — Taeyang Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to shoot in Japan early on. Years ago, we did a Japan segment in "The Community Project," and… — Travis Rice Copy Share Image
China is now expected to surpass Japan as the 2nd richest country in the world. They could become the richest, but that's… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I think we should have basically the same tax policy that Germany, Japan, the U.K., everybody else has, which is a tax… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Copy Share Image
“[Soetsu Yanagi's] main criticism of individual craftsmen and modern artists is that they are overproud of their individualism. I think I am… — Bernard Leach Copy Share Image
Koizumi was not rooted in Japan's rightwing nationalist tradition: he was a pragmatist and a populist. Abe, in contrast, is a rightwing… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Population diminishing, even in Japan and Italy, the population is diminishing. When society can reach a sustainable place or gain comfortable income,… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
My parents came from the Kyushu Island in the Southern part of Japan to find work in Tokyo. So we could only… — Takashi Murakami 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
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 Copy Share Image
There is progress in the sense that the Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] has proposed, outlined, as it were, directions for movement toward… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The average taxpayer in Germany or Japan pays less for the defense of his country than the average taxpayer in America pays… — David Bergland Copy Share Image
“Philip K. Dick could have been Japanese. He seemed to know a lot about how the world is never what it looks… — Christopher Barzak Copy Share Image
We also salute the bold steps taken by Japan and the Republic of Korea to work more closely together. Strong ties between… — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
Japan is a very important market for us and has grown remarkably as one of the most popular travel destinations in the… — Gillian Tans Copy Share Image
I do not think any reasonable person can doubt that in India, China and Japan, if the knowledge of birth control existed,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I'm not really a money-oriented person. The press always write that I am. They don't seem to want to understand that I… — Shu Qi Copy Share Image
I might enjoy writing some ghost stories set in Japan because their whole idea about the spirit world is so interesting. — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
I saw the various museum displays including scenes of torture while feeling heartfelt remorse and sorrow over the great pain and suffering… — Junichiro Koizumi Copy Share Image
I do think there will be more Japanese companies expanding out of Japan, and there will be more cross-border flow from Japan. — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
At the punch-bowl's brink, let the thirsty think, what they say in Japan: first the man takes a drink, then the drink… — Edward Rowland Sill Copy Share Image
For me, creation can only come out of a certain kind of unhappiness. They say in Japan, this thing like the hungry… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
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… — Sonia Rykiel Copy Share Image
I've always said that, growing up in postwar Japan, I never felt any connection to my work through those experiences. The work… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
Japans humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are… — Harry Seidler Copy Share Image
When you have risk aversion in Japan, the normal day-to-day outflows that happen in a normal market environment slow down. — Jens Nordvig Copy Share Image
I was an actor in Japan and I'm a regular on about three shows. I'm grateful for all of it. My personal… — Seungri Copy Share Image
I had actually been on tour in Japan and I had my own world tour that I was doing. I was used… — Christina Milian Copy Share Image
U.S. has certainly been wanting this to happen since both Japan and Korea are longtime allies of the U.S. and this estranged… — Elise Hu Copy Share Image
For some reason, I grew up generally believing that Japan and Korea were quite friendly. I do know that there is some… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
Japan's humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are… — Harry Seidler Copy Share Image
The American oligarchy increasingly has less in common with the American people than it does with the equivalent oligarchies in Germany or… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then,… — Tadashi Yanai Copy Share Image
The principal linkages between Japan and the U.S. global economies are trade, financial markets, and commodity markets. — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans… — Fernando Alonso Copy Share Image
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