#japanese

The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#atom #atom bomb #basis #bomb #cities

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#change #criticism #explains #interest #japan

My CIA godfather told me he'd never heard any American speak Japanese so well. ↗

— Steven Seagal

#any #cia #godfather #heard #japanese

You talk about Japanese technocracy and you get radios. ↗

— Gordon Sinclair

#get #japanese #radios #talk #technocracy

I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#front #hold #how #i #i do

We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#atomic #atomic bomb #before #being #blows

The pale whiteness of her upturned face as she choked on the smoke; the tangled length of her hair as she tried to shake the flames from it; the beauty of her cherry-blossom robe as it burst into flame: it was all so cruel, so terrible! ↗

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

#japan #japanese #japanese-literature #beauty

Frankly, I was surprised at how generous the Japanese press has been to the idea of a foreigner running Sony. ↗

— Howard Stringer

#foreigner #frankly #generous #how #i

The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions. ↗

— Ichiro Suzuki

#emotions #feelings #japanese #kill #own

The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan to want to become baseball players when they grow up. ↗

— Ichiro Suzuki

#baseball players #become #big #big leagues #go