25 Quotes by Yoshihiko Noda

I feel very keenly the eyes of the foreign media on our country. And I think a lot of Japanese people feel that things are not working the way they should. When the time comes, I will put myself forward.

We must draw on the unique strengths of the Japanese economy, seek an open and cooperative approach with our international partners, and intelligently exploit the promise of new growth areas.

The greatest problem in Japanese politics over the last two decades is that we put off what needed to be done. We have to overcome that.

China should be developing through the various foreign investments it receives. I hope for its level-headed and rational understanding that anything to discourage that is a disservice to itself.

I hope to attend it as Japan needs to tell the world the lessons, knowledge and reflections learned from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.

Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge.

I think the forms of terrorism are becoming very diverse, amongst them cyber-terrorism, for example.

China's development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.

The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided.