#japanese

The Germans are clear about what they do - cars and machine tools; the Japanese are clear about what they do - electronics; the Chinese are clear about what they do - they're the workshop of the world. ↗

— Evan Davis

#cars #chinese #clear #electronics #germans

As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#before #behind #better #both #did

Since my Japanese isn't very good, I had to have an interpreter to communicate with most of the crew. ↗

— John Foster

#crew #good #had #i #interpreter

First, there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament, but are clearly revealed, a charm felt in Japanese architecture. ↗

— Gustav Stickley

#bare #beauty #charm #clearly #curves

And $18 million in three Japanese banks, completely false. That I have two factories in Panama, also completely false. This is part of the counter campaign of some people. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

#banks #campaign #completely #counter #factories

In this context, the current recovery in the Japanese economy is taking place in tandem with the growing interdependence with the rest of the world, particularly with the other East Asian economies. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#context #current #east #east asian #economies

The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian countries, both exports and imports are growing substantially. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#asian countries #bases #between #both #businesses

Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945. ↗

— William Manchester

#between #course #dress #except #frequent

Of course, when it comes to Japanese role-playing games, in any role-playing game in Japan you're supposed to collect a huge number of items, and magic, and you've got to actually combine different items together to make something really different. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#any #collect #combine #comes #course

People often say that videogames made by Western developers are somehow different in terms of taste for the players, in comparison with Japanese games. I think that means that the Western developers and Japanese developers, they are good at different fields. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#developers #different #fields #games #good