Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.

A society of children first is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.

Japan is already a leader in energy efficiency, and it has a wealth of innovative technologies. We must put this expertise to use creating a model for growth and sustainability that we can share with the world.

Interactions between fathers and children are the starting point of education.

When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A propensity to delay difficult and weighty decisions has been hurting our country. It is detrimental to our economy, society and future, and it cannot be allowed to continue.

Chinas development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.

It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.