I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.
Shigeru YoshidaAlmost a century has passed since Japan first entered the world community by concluding a treaty of amity with the United States of America in 1854.
Shigeru YoshidaThere is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers.
Shigeru YoshidaWe will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.
Shigeru Yoshida