“My basic notion regarding the matter of historical recognition is basically, it’s a matter that should be left to the good hands of historians and experts.”

The world and art are connected.

The difficult situation will continue, but we would like to overcome this situation with the cooperation of the people.

Our predecessors overcame many troubles and much suffering, but each time got back up stronger than before.

We will bring together the strengths of the Self-Defense Forces and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to further accelerate the enlightenment work toward road restoration as soon as possible.

We are trying to urge North Korea to abandon their nuclear development program.

We will continue to do our utmost to support living in light of the ever-changing needs of the field, and will accelerate efforts in cooperation with local governments.

I believe the Japan-U.S. alliance is the only indispensable alliance, and I’d like to use my visit to further strengthen this relationship.

You may have to risk your own life to make such a historic accomplishment.

Russia is a part of the West and at the same time is a part of the Asia-Pacific.

With a book and a pen, the world can change.

Japan will calmly proceed with its activities in line with international law.

We will create a new era of peace and hope.

I am ready to give everything for Japan.

I will ensure that Japan keeps getting better, better this year than last year, and better next year than this year.

While listening to the voices of the people, I want to push forward with preparations to make the Olympics a success.

The peace and prosperity we are enjoying now is built on the precious sacrifices of the war dead.

If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert on that subject.

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

I’m convinced that democracy cannot be exported from one country to another, like you cannot expert revolutions, ideology.

History is a matter of debate, it should be left in the hands of historians and experts.

Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.

So many people are on television that don’t know me, and they’re like experts on me.

It’s easy to be an expert if you’re the only one in the world with an interest.

Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.