Tarō Asō – 92. premier Japonii, od 24 września 2008 r. do 16 września 2009 r. Minister spraw zagranicznych Japonii w latach 2005–2007, minister spraw wewnętrznych w latach 2003–2005. Wicepremier oraz minister finansów od 26 grudnia 2012 r. Wikipedia
“One culture, one civilization, one language, and one ethnic group.”
About Japan, as quoted in "Ghosts of Wartime Japan Haunt Koizumi's Cabinet" http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=f6f50bd7a1687ece711a7ef721bb6fb8 (3 November 2005), by Christopher Reed, New America Media.
About China, as quoted in "Japan alarmed by Chinese 'threat'" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4551642.stm, BBC, 22 December 2005.
“Luckily, we Japanese have yellow faces.”
Speech http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/mar/23/japan.usa (2007).
Meeting with Barack Obama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq0q-RrMMQ (February 2009).
At member of the House of Representatives general election campaign (1979).
