Former prime minister of japan Quotes

The desire to see Okinawa returned to Japan developed into a broad national consensus among our people.

It was also during my tenure of office that the Japanese Government agreed to the conclusion of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and signed it, pursuing a policy in harmony with the avowed desire of the people.

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance.

Subsequently, the Japanese people experienced a variety of vicissitudes and were involved in international disputes, eventually, for the first time in their history, experiencing the horrors of modern warfare on their own soil during World War II.

Japan is the only country in the world to have suffered the ravages of atomic bombing. That experience left an indelible mark on the hearts of our people, making them passionately determined to renounce all wars.

A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby.

We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.

If the attainment of peace is the ultimate objective of all statesmen, it is, at the same time, something very ordinary, closely tied to the daily life of each individual.

It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished.

The international order established at the end of World War II could certainly have been worse. However, this order did contain certain factors which bore within them the seeds of instability.

The current situation of the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear plants is in a way the most severe crisis in the 65 years since World War II.

The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.

When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A propensity to delay difficult and weighty decisions has been hurting our country. It is detrimental to our economy, society and future, and it cannot be allowed to continue.

Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.

Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.

While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.

Nuclear arms and atomic power represent a technology in which coexistence with man is extremely difficult.

This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan [in decades] ... We will continue to handle it in a state of maximum alert.

In Japan, the average age of agricultural workers is 65.

8. When the aging of its population is accelerating so rapidly, it will be very difficult to sustain the sector whether we liberalize trade or not.

After the Second World War, people in Japan no longer died for their country, and even that expression was no longer used.

I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that country.

I wouldn't call myself anti-nuclear. I seek a society non-reliant on nuclear energy, a society that can do without nuclear energy, and Japan can prove a role model. It’s possible.

If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.

In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law.

It is possible for Japan to become the model of a society that does not rely on nuclear power.

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

The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.

When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.

China has become a major presence for most countries around the world but notably for its neighboring countries in Asia. So I think it is a common position for Japan and its Asian neighbors that we certainly would strive to maintain as much as possible friendly relations with China.

All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind.

It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.

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

A society of children first is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.

China should be developing through the various foreign investments it receives.

I hope for its level-headed and rational understanding that anything to discourage that is a disservice to itself.

Chinas development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.

I think the forms of terrorism are becoming very diverse, amongst them cyber-terrorism, for example.

Japan is the only country in the world which suffered from the scourge of nuclear weapons.

It is my strong hope that an environment will be created in which both of our countries can cooperate for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons.

India and Japan should develop a complementary relationship in information technology.