#japan

We've performed in South America and in Japan. ↗

— Julie London

#japan #performed #south #south america

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people. ↗

— Paul Getty

#immensely #impressed #industrious #japan #japanese

The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#convinced #even #japanese #japanese people #necessary

We're not leaving; we are just making sure we're not hurt too much by the level of the yen. We are stunned by the yen at 78 or 79 to the dollar, which is a historical high. The country's suffering. My duty is first to make sure Nissan gets unscathed through the turbulence to protect the company, without forgetting the fact we're a Japanese company. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#country #dollar #duty #fact #first

What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#definitely #high #i #japan #japanese

You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#clearly #easily #explain #forget #going

I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#college #culture #famous #father #geisha

Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough. ↗

— Norman Granz

#area #because #been #economic #enough

Japan actually is an aging population, and so as the population has aged, they have had a lot more problems with health. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#aged #aging #had #health #japan

Clearly, this Sino-Japanese War of more than four years was a considerable burden on Japan's national power and an obstacle to the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. ↗

— Tojo Hideki

#clearly #considerable #four #japan #maintenance