The greatest problem in Japanese politics over the last two decades is that we put off what needed to be done. We have to overcome that.

Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.

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

China should be developing through the various foreign investments it receives. I hope for its level-headed and rational understanding that anything to discourage that is a disservice to itself.

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

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

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

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.

I think the forms of terrorism are becoming very diverse, amongst them cyber-terrorism, for example.

With regard to North Korea, between myself and President Obama earlier, with regard to the so-called launch of satellite, the missile launch, we shared the view that it undermines the efforts of the various countries concerned to achieve the resolution through dialogue.

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.