"I have just been appointed to the office of Prime Minister. As the first Japanese Prime Minister born in the postwar …"

"In conducting the affairs of State, I will first clarify my own political stance to the people of Japan and to the me…"

"The kind of society that Japan should aim at is a society in which the efforts of people are rewarded, a society in w…"

"What part of 'Japanese Army sex slaves' does Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, have so much trouble understanding a…"

"Abe is forever Taiwan's good friend."

"All these hundreds of years, from the days of the oldest poetry collections, there have been poems about cherry bloss…"

"Every worm to his taste; Some prefer to eat nettles."

"You are being very demanding indeed. Where, I wonder, will we find the woman to satisfy you? You really should have s…"

"Children retain a great deal, and when they grow up they start going over things and rejudging them from a grownup’s …"

"The quality that we call beauty...must always grow from the realities of life, and our ancestors, forced to live in d…"