27 Quotes by Nobutaka Machimura

It shows our commitment and will to contribute to world peace, but it is true that many Japanese people and members of the Japanese Diet (parliament) feel frustrated about this fact,

I want to exchange views with you frankly,

There was a sense of emergency that not reaching agreement on the security issue, a central part of the U.S.-Japan relationship, would seriously damage relations,

I want to show the people in Okinawa what kind of burden reduction there will be. It's going to be a very large scale reduction, ... in the thousands.

If she had some urgent business to take care of, we would, of course, understand,

In addition, I would like to call on all countries engaged in bilateral aid efforts to steadily implement their projects,

The EU side seems to have mixed up bilateral and multilateral issues a bit,

The first purpose of such a meeting is for the leaders of the two countries to confirm the importance of friendship between Japan and China,

The Japanese side has continuously said that North Korea's demand is unacceptable,