“Japanese consumers are in the process of embracing the concept of value.”
David Marra
“This is the democratic process at work, ... What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.”
Condoleezza Rice
“People like lower prices if they can get the same quality, but convincing Japanese consumers of the quality takes a lot of time.”
“The government bowed to U.S. pressure and put President Bush's wishes ahead of the safety of Japanese consumers. I consider that a huge error of judgment.”
Yukio Hatoyama
“With Japanese consumers spending again, we could be looking at the start of the longest period of economic expansion in Japan since World War II. This is something that is going to be felt around the world.”
Takahide Kiuchi
“We're nowhere close to the Japanese example. When you have real deflation as they have in Japan, consumers expect prices to be lower, and they defer purchases, which makes the spiral worse. That's not an apt description of what the American consumer has been doing.”
Wayne Ayers
“The Japanese consumer is very isolated from financial market dynamics.”
Jesper Koll
