Takashi Inoguchi Quotations

Koizumi was marvelous at giving flavor to politics, ... Eccentrics like Koizumi have been underplayed in the past. But the time has come for Japanese eccentrics to come to center stage.

Koizumi was marvelous at giving flavor to politics. Eccentrics like Koizumi have been underplayed in the past. But the time has come for Japanese eccentrics to come to center stage.

Japan is in a great transition and can't do much.

This is a country of swing voters, ... They swing to Koizumi and the LDP now, but they can swing away.

This is a country of swing voters. They swing to Koizumi and the LDP now, but they can swing away.

The Japanese government should say that we need a solid alliance with the United States, but at the same time we need a friendly China. And very threatening statements by the U.S. government may not be good.