Chapter Quote by Shigeru Yoshida

I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.

— Shigeru Yoshida

Unless we break from sectionalism and sticking to precedents, there will be no revival of Japan.

— Yoshihide Suga

My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening of the country, present-day Japan is split between two…

— Kenzaburo Oe

I've always been really interested in the age of the samurai in Japan.

— Daniel Dae Kim

I have a huge interest in Japan, which is well known, including its history and culture, and so it will be very interesting for…

— Vladimir Putin

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

— Alex Kerr

History is dependent on the new generation to write a new chapter.

— LaMelo Ball

New Japan is a force to be reckoned with.

— Billy Gunn

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

— Naoto Kan

I think within Japan there is talk about how there is the need to reassess the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance.

— Lee Myung-bak

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

Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished

— Anonymous