While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.

The current situation of the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear plants is in a way the most severe crisis in the 65 years since World War II.

The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.

If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.

In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law.

So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor, it feels very much closed in for various reasons.

Nuclear arms and atomic power represent a technology in which coexistence with man is extremely difficult.

When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.

The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.

It is possible for Japan to become the model of a society that does not rely on nuclear power.

This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan [in decades] ... We will continue to handle it in a state of maximum alert.

Love happens once – you get it or you lose it but be rest assured, you never come out of it.

I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down.

I always want to give the victim a voice.

The same love that made me laugh makes my cry.

Evolution is, as well as smarter than we are, infinitely more callous and cruel, and also capricious.

The Rich knowes not who is his friend. [The rich knows not who is his friend.]

I think we all have a little bit of that beautiful madness that keeps us walking when everything around us is so insanely sane.

As an actor, you can't be off the market for too long.

The hardest thing about writing is writing.

I read for growth, firmly believing that what you are today and what you will be in five years depends on two things: the people you meet and the books you read.