Joichi Ito

“But my question is, am I compromising by adapting my words for the audience and where is the line beyond which I am not adapting words, but changing my position?”

“I agree that it is not just the extremists who harbor bad thoughts or engage in bad acts, but they are usually the source of the polarization and try to keep education and communication of the main stream from moving forward.”

“I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog.”

“Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way.”

“The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive.”

“I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.”

“I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.”