Accepted Quote by Paul Samuelson

“The remarkable reversal of public attitudes toward the Japanese over the years -- especially in Australia, Peru and the United States -- suggests that…

— Thomas Sowell

The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.

— Carlos Ghosn

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

“The basic stupidity of modern Japan is that we’ve learned absolutely nothing from our contact with other Asian peoples.”

— Haruki Murakami

The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.

— Akira Kurosawa

“. . . Japan has a fundamental problem with information itself: it’s often lacking, and when it does exist, is fuzzy at its best,…

— Alex Kerr

People don't put as much of an emphasis in expanding their choices, so that, you know, one of the things that I learned when…

— Sheena Iyengar

I have no doubt the Japanese leadership and most Japanese see the importance of a strong U.S.-Japan relationship. I certainly have no doubt that…

— Walter F. Mondale

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

— Joseph Stalin

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

— George Mikes

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

Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of…

— Hideki Tojo