One of the great tragedies is that there is so much less open land available in Japan today. Many Japanese come to New Zealand because of its beauty.
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So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor; it feels very much closed in for various reasons.
I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.
Compared with U.S. cities, Japanese cities bend over backward to help foreigners. The countryside is another matter.
If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer.
I feel that New Zealand is my second home.
I'd really like to go back to New Japan because it feels like home, and I love that place so much.
I've been round Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and China in the last few months and the message that I've been taking is that New Zealand is building an up market dynamic into a connected economy. And that we are not the old-fashioned, ship mutton kind of product the people associate their export in work.
The recipe to an unhappy life in Japan is to want to be Japanese if you are not. Anyone who wants to penetrate the country is setting themselves up for tears and disappointment.
I really love traveling to Japan.
I really want to see New Zealand; it's a beautiful place.
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