#japan

私は何ものかが、私を殺してくれるのを待っていた。 ところがそれは、何者かが私を生かしてくれるのを待っているのと同じことなのである。 ――『仮面の告白』より ↗

— Yukio Mishima

#japanese #life #death

There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people. ↗

— Harry Browne

#atomic bombs #bombs #drop #influence #innocent

I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema. ↗

— Leslie Caron

#cinema #festival #film #film festival #i

I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas. ↗

— Cher

#aunt #bad #cheap #christmas #everything

The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#britain #catastrophically #diminished #france #germany

February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans living on the west coast during World War II. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#coast #during #exclusion #executive #february

I especially love French, Italian and Japanese cuisines. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#especially #french #i #italian #japanese

I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late. ↗

— Utada Hikaru

#i #japanese #late #literature #missing

The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant. ↗

— Brandi Chastain

#country #dominant #i #i can #japan

I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore the galaxy. I encourage the Japanese to keep doing what they're doing. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#doing #encourage #explore #flight #galaxy