Areas Quote by Vladimir Putin

It is simply that we treat Japanese history, the history of the Japanese people and its unique culture with greater respect and interest. This…

— Vladimir Putin

I assure you that interest in Japanese culture in Russia is just as strong as interest in Russian culture in Japan.

— Vladimir Putin

I believe it is no secret that I like Japan very much - Japanese culture, sport, including judo, but it will not offend anyone…

— Vladimir Putin

If you go to Tokyo, I think it becomes very obvious that there's this almost seamless mixture of popular culture and Japanese traditional culture.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Judo has been part of Japanese culture for a long time. It makes sense to me that this sport, which is both athletic and…

— Vladimir Putin

Next year [2017], we are going to hold a series of events there that we would like to call Russian Seasons [in Japan]. Over…

— Vladimir Putin

Football in Japan is highly looked upon, even more than in the rest of Asia.

— Lukas Podolski

It's a little bit different to than U.S. in Japan. U.S. has a lot of respect for the sports, but not as much in…

— Kei Nishikori

Wrestling in Japan is very much sports based.

— Neville

Tokyo is like the New York of Asia. Although the people there are all basically from Japan, they celebrate what they like about various…

— Pharrell Williams

Olympics are probably the most important thing for Russians than any other athletes in the whole world. Since I was a little kid and…

— Alexander Ovechkin

It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It is…

— Alain Ducasse