Yoshirō Mori

thumb|Ensure Japan's security and defend the kokutai! Yoshirō Mori (born 14 July 1937) is a Japanese politician who served as the 85th and 86th Prime Minister of Japan between 5 April 2000 and 26 April 2001. He is currently President of the Japan Rugby Football Union as well as the Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union. In 2014, he was appointed to head the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Quotes When I was greeting farmers from my car, they all went into their homes. I felt like I had AIDS. As quoted in "Profile: Yoshiro Mori", BBC News (20 November 2000) A nation of deities with the Emperor at its center. As quoted in "Japanese PM sparks holy row", BBC News (16 May 2000) Ensure Japan's security and defend the kokutai. As quoted in "Mori's Remarks Again Draw Criticism", Associated Press (5 June 2000). Welfare is supposed to take care of and reward those women who have lots of children. It is truly strange to say we have to use tax money to take care of women who don't even give birth once, who grow old living their lives selfishly and singing the praises of freedom. Quoted in "Japan's quietly accepted discrimination surfaces", Taipei Times (Jul 06, 2003) Why does everybody not sing a national anthem all together? The player who cannot sing a national anthem is not a Japanese representative. As quoted in 森氏「どうして国歌歌わない」五輪壮行会で苦言 (in Japanese), Kyodo news (3 July 2016). See also Japan Shinzō Abe External links Category:Trade ministers Category:Education ministers Category:Living people Category:Prime Ministers of Japan Category:1937 births