#japan

Every once in a while I run the Olympic downhill in Japan in my head. I think of how the energy is going to flow and then I make it all work for myself. ↗

— Picabo Street

#energy #every #flow #going #head

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

In addition to this, they already have a fuel cell car on the road in Japan. It is subsidized from within the corporation because they are still at a high cost. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#already #because #car #cell #corporation

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

First off, I don't want anyone to think I'm this huge thing in Japan. Every group from here that's made any records over any length of time - even indie bands - have a Cheap Trick effect in Japan. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#anyone #bands #cheap #effect #even

I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate things on a different level, and take their art very seriously - that's special if you're an artist. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#art #artist #different #different level #i

So it helped me to just let go of all my tensions and feelings about that world and say 'OK, this is for my fans in Japan. They'll be nice and get into it and have fun.' And it was the first record I made at my home studio. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#be nice #fans #feelings #first #fun

When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture and mass commercialization appeals to me. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#appeals #commercialization #culture #go #i