14 Quotes by Shigeru Yoshida

History offers examples of winning in diplomacy after losing in war.

Almost a century has passed since Japan first entered the world community by concluding a treaty of amity with the United States of America in 1854.

I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.

There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers.

The second is that the role of China trade in Japanese economy, important as it is, has often been exaggerated, as proven by our experience of the past 6 years.