“Now the Japanese companies are more focused on that. To have two independent directors - I think it's good to have outside people look at you and think of what you could be doing better. Those are voluntary, but most of the companies told me they're going to do it. And I think it's good for them to say our returns on equity, for example, should be higher. Also, I think some could be more ambitious.”
![“We do all that [ represent companies], because we have a lot of research in Japanese companies, and that research educates investors around the world. It allows us to sell stocks and bonds in Japanese companies.” quote by Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c01/jamie-dimon-1320_around-the-world_we-do-all-that-represent-companies-becau_2351837.jpg)
![“Part of [Japanese companies] growing and expanding around the world is ... going to help the Japanese keep their lifestyles [despite Japan's] demographics, as a declining population, and [to] make it more conducive to women to go to work, I think, is a plus.” quote by Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ab8/jamie-dimon-1320_around-the-world_part-of-japanese-companies-growing-and-e_2850904.jpg)
![“I think if we had another set of policies for - not the crisis years, but after that, that we might be growing faster. But we didn't. And some of that was Republicans' [fault], by the way.” quote by Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c6a/jamie-dimon-1320_crisis_i-think-if-we-had-another-set-of-policie_34817.jpg)
![“Not every company went bankrupt. Not every bank needed TARP [Troubled Asset Relief Program]. So I'm very proud that JPMorgan, throughout that time period, was completely steadfast. We bought Bear Stearns because we thought we were helping the situation. We didn't cut and run.” quote by Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/04a/jamie-dimon-1320_assets_not-every-company-went-bankrupt-not-ever_128310.jpg)
