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| “ | Manga, anime and cosplay are exports Japan can take pride in. These are things that draw good feelings about Japan from the people of the world. | ” |
| — Katsuhito Asano, vice foreign minister | ||
| “ | Tokyo 2016 is making the environment an absolute priority as we bid to unite Green with 2016. This is a concrete commitment that we will offer the world. | ” |
| — Ichiro Kono, chairman and CEO of Tokyo 2016 | ||
| “ | That's why I think it's a good thing that Japan lost World War II. If Japan had won, so many others would have lost their language and culture. | ” |
| — Koichi Kaizawa, official at the Biratori Ainu Culture Preservation Association | ||
| “ | Japan always had this huge, unnatural imbalance of sending out far more tourists than it took in. The situation is finally becoming more normal. | ” |
| — Daisuke Tonai, a manager at the JNTO | ||
| “ | Why is Japan considered Western and China not? There is no map of the West. | ” |
| — Guy Sorman, French philosopher, author and economist | ||
| “ | Ramen is not just for Japan, but it is also for the world and the universe. | ” |
| — Junichiro Koizumi, former Prime Minister | ||
| “ | I have lived in the United States and I know the might of their industrial complex. The United States is a sleeping giant and I am afraid that our attack has awakened it. | ” |
| — Chuichi Nagumo, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy | ||
| “ | To consider oneself different from ordinary men is wrong, but it is right to hope that one will not remain like ordinary men. | ” |
| — Yoshida Shoin, scholar, military and political philosopher and teacher | ||
| “ | Once the will is resolved, one’s spirit is strengthened. Even a peasant's will is hard to deny, but a samurai of resolute will can sway ten thousand men. | ” |
| — Yoshida Shoin, scholar, military and political philosopher and teacher | ||
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| “ | Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do. | ” |
| — Yoshida Kenkō, author and Buddhist monk | ||
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| “ | It is necessary that I am viewed as a product. I am a product. | ” |
| — Ayumi Hamasaki, pop singer | ||
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| “ | You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair. | ” |
| — Taisen Deshimaru, Soto Zen Buddhist teacher | ||
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| “ | We have successfully built up our national strength and prestige, accepting and adding to our civilization the art and science of the West. Now, I believe, the time has come for us to carry our art and culture to other countries. | ” |
| — Kōki Hirota, diplomat, politician and the 32nd Prime Minister | ||
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| “ | I only included things that everybody likes, like violence, flowers, children, women, friendship and death. | ” |
| — Tomonobu Itagaki, video game designer | ||
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| “ | Japanese food is the most closely watched in the world. | ” |
| — Junichiro Koizumi, former Prime Minister of Japan | ||
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| “ | Japan's economy is falling off a cliff. There's nothing out there to drive growth. | ” |
| — Junko Nishioka, economist at RBS Securities Japan in Tokyo | ||
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| “ | We understand that the sight of hundreds of frozen tuna looks unique and interesting for foreign tourists. But they have to understand the Tsukiji market is a professional place, not an amusement park. | ” |
| — Yoshiaki Takagi, deputy director of the Tsukiji fish market | ||
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| “ | One myth that needs to be destroyed in Japan is that more working women will drive the birthrate even lower. Empirical evidence around the world shows the opposite is true. | ” |
| — Kathy Matsui, managing director of Goldman Sachs Japan | ||
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| “ | When Toyota sneezes, everyone catches a cold. | ” |
| — Toshiharu Nakano, owner of a Japanese kimono fabrics shop in Nagoya | ||
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