Chinas development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.

A society of children first is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.

Japan's alliance with the U.S. will only grow in importance amid the increasingly difficult security situation surrounding our country, thus I think it is necessary to keep the marines in Okinawa, a geographically strategic location from the standpoint of maintaining deterrence.

It is my policy to deepen the Japan-U.S. alliance and to deepen security and economic relations as well as personal exchanges.

I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.

Government bonds have basically been sold in the domestic market, so there is some sense of stability, but the amount of public debt is really severe... Japan must manage its finances with a sense of urgency.

There's a tendency for the yen to strengthen because it's rated highly, but I don't think that accurately reflects Japan's economic performance.

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

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

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