Naoto Kan

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

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

I wouldn't call myself anti-nuclear.

I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.

Am I famous in Japan? I don't know, and I don't really think of myself in that way.