Before Quote by Yoshihiko Noda

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

— Shigeru Yoshida

Follow the road behind the Emperor. We must build the world for Japan's sake, heaven ordered Japan to achieve this great mission.

— Kingoro Hashimoto

I do not want to speak about our cooperation with Japan now. Thank God, we have had no such problems there. Nor would we…

— Vladimir Putin

The greatest problem in Japanese politics over the last two decades is that we put off what needed to be done. We have to…

— Yoshihiko Noda

“Most of all though, Japan must not build up its military capabilities. It must, therefore, curtail large portions of its own industry, pay the…

— Declan Hayes

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

— Yoshihide Suga

The challenge now is to renovate the baroque structure that the Kyoto Plan has become—or else scrap it and get ready to start all…

— Christopher Flavin

While our responses to the problems facing us immediately are also important, we cannot forget to carve out the future of Japan ten or…

— Shinzo Abe

Haven't we put off problems without clarifying Japan's will to protect the lives and assets of its people and territory with its own hands,…

— Shinzo Abe

I think it is not necessary at this time to put forth a grand vision such as an East Asian Community. What we must…

— Yoshihiko Noda

New Japan is a force to be reckoned with.

— Billy Gunn

EMBRACING THE EXISTING Japanese perspective on urban history and context

— Kengo Kuma