Issue:
“WE WERE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE USING VARIOUS MINISTRIES OWN NUMBERS WAS THAT WHALING HAS FOR YEARS BEEN AN ECONOMIC LOSER, THAT ALL MANNER OF SUBSIDY SUPPORTS HAD BEEN DIVERTED TO PROP UP THIS FAILING INDUSTRY, INCLUDING AID MEANT FOR THE 3/11 EARTHQUAKE. YET THE JAPANESE PEOPLE HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY HAVE NO YEN FOR WHALE MEAT”
Director, Marine Conservation, International Fund for Animal Welfare, June 26
“NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMACY IS BASED ON THREE PRINCIPLES. THE FIRST IS THAT AMERICA CANNOT ATTACK NORTH KOREA. THE SECOND IS THAT CHINA CANNOT GIVE UP ITS SUPPORT, NO MATTER WHAT NORTH KOREA DOES.
THE THIRD IS THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS, WHATEVER INCENTIVES ARE OFFERED, NORTH KOREA SHOULD NOT GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS.”
Thae Yong Ho, Former North Korean Deputy Ambassador to the UK, June 20
“IN MY OPINION, JAPAN WILL BE PREPARED [for the opening of casinos]. LAWS WILL BE ENACTED, THEY’LL BE COMMENSURATE AND APPROPRIATE TO THE SITUATION AND THEY’LL HAVE VIGOROUS OVERSIGHT BECAUSE THAT’S THE JAPANESE WAY.”
Former VP, Wynn Resorts and former FBI agent, June 21
“HARASSMENT MUST NEVER BE TOLERATED IN ANY FORM. COMPANIES MUST REALIZE THAT MANAGING BY HARASSMENT IS GOING TO LEAD TO SOCIAL ISSUES, AND TO A DROP IN THE SHARE PRICE.
INVESTORS ARE STANDING UP GLOBALLY AND SAYING, WE’RE NOT GOING TO INVEST IN COMPANIES THAT HAVE SOCIAL ISSUES WITHIN THE FIRM.’”
former head of Global Sales at MUFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. on his paternity harassment lawsuit, July 4
