I do want the tax system to be efficient and be conducive to growth, which it is not.

The yen is trading where it's trading because people are guessing about people's future interest rates, dollar and yen and about the future growth potential of the economies. And, if this policy works, then the yen will probably strengthen.

I think the politics have gotten better in the United States, which makes it easier to pass legislation, budgets and treaties.

We can take our Japanese clients around the world. We can take them to Brazil, Europe, anywhere. And we also take companies from around the world into Japan.

Wall Street gives money to both [Democrats and Republicans] because they want to be on the good side of whoever becomes president .

If you can't use dividends, it's not a bad thing to give it back to your shareholders. They'll use it somewhere else.

Finance went from being a small business, effectively, to being a big business. In part, that's the growth of the world's wealth. That's called savings.