We Had A Lot Of Gridlock On

Just Because You Have A Good Hand Today Doesn't Mean It's Good Tomorrow. And Some Of The Things We're Doing May Become Very Disadvantageous At Some Point.

Look, In Any System, You Want Highly Ethical People Who Really Understand Issues To Form Policies And Make Tough Decisions. You Need All The Right People In The Room. But There's A General View In Washington Now By Many Politicians That If You Ever Were On This Side, You're Conflicted For Being On That Side.

Part Of The Reason Some Japanese Companies Have Underperformed Financially Was Corporate Governance And Board Structures.

I Think One Could Argue That There's More Political Input Into The Regulatory Side, And On The Regulatory Side There Seem To Be Fewer People With Financial And Banking Experience - There Are More Lawyers, Academics, Economists, Maybe Politicians Now.

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.