It's just that, when I'm in Japan I could foretell to a certain degree what would be accepted, so I certainly don't come up with any crazy arrangements.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is hard to be an individual in Japan.
I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my future was in Britain. And it would also make me eligible for literary awards. But I still think I'm regarded as one of their own in Japan.
I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan.
People talk about Japanese kids as being inward-looking. But my experience is that if you offer them an opportunity, they'll take it.
Basically, people in other countries don't want to have to work quite as flat-out as they do in Japan.
In Japan, usually, once you become prime minister, you do not have a second chance.
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.
In Japan, sometimes it's hard to know what you are looking at.
The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.
I really love traveling to Japan.
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