#japan

Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates short forms and the latter longer ones, gut this is only in part true. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#between #cultivates #difference #former #forms

If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#between #china #could #japan #korea

So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula. ↗

— Kim Dae Jung

#american #american troops #even #forever #japan

If these assets were set up as a revolving fund with which Japan could import raw materials for its industries, Japanese exports could again enter the channels of world trade-and Japanese workers would have employment and something to eat. ↗

— James Forrestal

#assets #channels #could #eat #employment

I'd had a relationship with a French girl, a Japanese girl, an American girl, a Filippina and she was there all the time - a Lancashire girl. I thought: 'It's a Lancashire girl I was looking for. Why didn't I realize it?' ↗

— David Thewlis

#french #girl #had #i #japanese

Japan is dealing us a dead hand. For two years we have watched the Japanese drag their feet and we can't let them continue to slam the door in our faces. ↗

— Craig L. Thomas

#dead #dealing #door #drag #faces

The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#asia #both #china #each #east

Therefore, if one were to consider that there was virtually no possibility of success through the US-Japan negotiations, the military and economic pressures would only force Japan into further crisis if time were allowed to pass in vain. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#consider #crisis #economic #force #further

Japanese had never seen a Western-style circus, and most of them had probably never seen foreigners, either. ↗

— Frederik L. Schodt

#culture #history #japan #performing-arts #art

When I got home, I took a bat and examined my back in detail in the bathroom mirror. This tattoo would be for myself and no-one else. It wasn’t just because I was about to end my relationship with Iro, it was because I wanted to make some serious changes deep down inside me… My torso - my back and front – and my shoulders, breasts, and upper arms were decorated with a vibrantly coloured work of art. I knew it had been the right thing to do… When I looked at that beautifully crafted tattoo, I was filled with a sense of total contentment I had never experienced before. I felt as though I had been set free. ↗

— Shoko Tendo

#self-care #self-fulfilment #tattoo #yakuza #art