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“No appeals to its outmoded constitution can change that. Japan must rearm and take its rightful place in the world.”

— Declan Hayes

“Unless Japan is prepared to see Japanese blood being spilled, unless Japan is prepared to see Japanese soldiers return to Japan in body bags,…

— Declan Hayes

I have in mind repeated statements by Japanese military men containing threats against other states.

— Joseph Stalin

Clearly, this Sino-Japanese War of more than four years was a considerable burden on Japan's national power and an obstacle to the maintenance of…

— Tojo Hideki

Subsequently, the Japanese people experienced a variety of vicissitudes and were involved in international disputes, eventually, for the first time in their history, experiencing…

— Eisaku Sato

“Thus, one way to consolidate power is to reinvigorate history issues and generate popular animosity towards Japan.”

— Naval Postgraduate School

The spirit of the Japanese nation is, by its nature, a thing that must be propagated over the seven seas and extended over the…

— Sadao Araki

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S.…

— Paul Samuelson

Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations…

— Hideki Tojo

Japan is the only country in the world to have suffered the ravages of atomic bombing. That experience left an indelible mark on the…

— Eisaku Sato

As the only country which was bombed during World War II with nuclear weapons, Japan should be advocating that we should avoid nuclear war…

— Antonio Inoki

I believe it is important that we Japanese write a constitution for ourselves that would reflect the shape of the country we consider desirable…

— Shinzo Abe