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Like the Britain of Beaverbrook and Kipling, Japan in the early twentieth century was a jingoistic nation, subduing weaker countries with the help of populist politicians and sensationalist journalism.

— Pankaj Mishra

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Japan is a bully nation that takes what it wants and threatens any who oppose it.

— Paul Watson

It makes sense for Japan to pursue a more independent role in the world, following Latin America and others in freeing itself from U.S. domination.

— Noam Chomsky

My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening of the country, present-day Japan is split between two opposite poles of ambiguity.

— Kenzaburo Oe

I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.

— Shigeru Yoshida

The Japanese keenly learned from Western civilisation in a bid to modernize and preserve the nation.

— Akihito

The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia.

— Hideki Tojo

I've been interested in Japan since the 1930s, when I read about Japan's vicious crimes in Manchuria and China.

— Noam Chomsky

✗Opposing Perspectives

Japan is very cosmopolitan - it values its origins, but a world view hovers above this narrow perspective. The interest of the Japanese in their folk culture is transcendental.

— F. Sionil Jose

The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant.

— Brandi Chastain

Compared with U.S. cities, Japanese cities bend over backward to help foreigners. The countryside is another matter.

— Charles C. Mann