Building Quote by Bill Maher

Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.

— Tadashi Yanai

So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor; it feels very much closed in for various reasons.

— Naoto Kan

Japanese people cut their energy use by 25 percent immediately after Fukushima. They showed there was huge opportunity there. And instead, the government simply…

— David Suzuki

But anything that you hear about Japan is nothing like what you see when you actually go over there and see it, you know,…

— Billy Higgins

Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States.

— George Mikes

“Big contrast: While the foreign media are obsessed with Apocalypses, the Japanese people are already talking of rebuilding.”

— William Gibson

“The truth is, Japan is headed for crisis. We are in the hands of greedy businessmen and weak politicians. Such people will see to…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Haven't we put off problems without clarifying Japan's will to protect the lives and assets of its people and territory with its own hands,…

— Shinzo Abe

“Because Japan is the world's second largest economy, this will not change in the foreseeable future. The sociology of Japan's economy has been set…

— Declan Hayes

The stagnation of the Japanese economy in the past 20 years is eloquent testimony to the fact that government usually gets it wrong. Sometimes…

— Dick Morris

At this time of horrific disaster, the great people of Japan still peacefully endure. Riots, looting, or gouging of prices are nonexistent. This truly…

— Johnny Luckett

Unfortunately, our postwar policy has been to ask Japan to change so that our economic policies will dovetail. I think that is completely wrong.…

— Michael Crichton