Quotes by Hiroyuki Hosoda

“Japan believes that the continued presence of the U.S. Navy will contribute to safety and stability in Japan, the Far East and the world,”

“We believe the change will allow us to maintain the solid presence of the US navy and contribute to keeping Japans security.”

“As we understand it, the U.S. Navys basic policy is to deploy nuclear-powered ships from now on, ... We feel that this (decision) cannot be helped.”

“Since there are issues that are oriented to the future, we welcome the opportunity for a frank exchange of opinions,”

“We are working hard with the aim of reaching an agreement, and we are not thinking about failing, ... We are at the final stage of the negotiations and we are gradually getting close to turning the corner.”

“We believe that the change (of the carriers) will lead to maintaining the solid presence of the U.S. Navy and contribute to keeping Japans security and international peace into the future.”

“Chinas development in the field of manned spacecraft has no relation with any military threat,”

“still in the process of being coordinated.”

“I am hoping that we will be able to seriously find out who exactly they were and what they were doing.”

“It is most important that we protect ourselves ahead of time from international terrorist groups. We will be pay close attention to the results of the investigation before taking action,”