37 Quotes by Katsuya Okada

We'd like to celebrate the news with the people.

We want to stress the importance of pension and child-care issues ... The Koizumi government cannot achieve these reforms. We need a change in government,

The reform of Japan starts today. There is no tomorrow for the Koizumi LDP government, which spends all its time in internal power struggles.

We did not expect this. I don't think our policies were wrong, but we must reconsider our tactics.

I did what I had to do, but it was frustrating that we were never really arguing on the same plane. I wanted to debate policy.

I don't believe that the people are naive enough to accept the prime minister's assertion that foreign affairs and other issues will be resolved if the postal services are privatized.

I firmly believe our stance to focus on our policies was not wrong. Our message did not reach people. I regret that.

For those who think the current pension system isn't working, we want you to vote for the Democratic Party and let us carry through pension reforms under a Democratic administration.

The people have issued a resounding 'no' to Koizumi's policies.