If The Economy Grows, Housing Gets Better,

Companies That Grow For The Sake Of Growth Or That Expand Into Areas Outside Their Core Business Strategy Often Stumble. On The Other Hand, Companies That Build Scale For The Benefit Of Their Customers And Shareholders More Often Succeed Over Time.

It Can Take A Long Time To Get The Rules In Place That Are Conducive To Growing, Sometimes.

We're Not Fair Weather Friends. We've Been In Places For A Long, Long Time.

We've Seen The Volatility At Dollar-yen, U.s. Treasurys, Jgbs (japanese Government Bonds), German Bunds.

Part Of [japanese Companies] Growing And Expanding Around The World Is ... Going To Help The Japanese Keep Their Lifestyles [despite Japan's] Demographics, As A Declining Population, And [to] Make It More Conducive To Women To Go To Work, I Think, Is A Plus.