Awards Quote by Kazuo Ishiguro

I spent three-and-a-half years in Japan, and I was a foreigner, and I was welcomed with open arms over there.

— Angelos Postecoglou

It is hard to be an individual in Japan.

— Haruki Murakami

I've always said that, growing up in postwar Japan, I never felt any connection to my work through those experiences. The work I do…

— Rei Kawakubo

I was born in Japan and raised in Japan, but those are the only things that make me Japanese, I've grown up reading books…

— Hideo Kojima

Growing up in postwar Japan has made me the person I am, but it is not why I do the work I do. It…

— Rei Kawakubo

I spent a lot of time in Japan. To me, I felt like my career was kind of marooned out there. I didn't realize…

— Finn Balor

My life was very Japanese.

— Bryan Clay

I no longer identify myself as Japanese or American but a 'citizen of the universe.'

— Ruth Asawa

I'm very happy to be a foreigner in Japan, and I can't think of a more wonderful place to live, but at the same…

— Pico Iyer

Even though I spent the first five years of my life in Nagasaki, going to Japan can be really difficult. Even if they know…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

The recipe to an unhappy life in Japan is to want to be Japanese if you are not. Anyone who wants to penetrate the…

— Pico Iyer

I loved my time in Japan, and I am grateful to have had the chance to live in Japan and embrace the Japanese culture.

— Freddie Ljungberg