Sino-Japanese relations are facing difficulties, and it is impossible to expect bilateral ties to develop as usual.

We hope the relevant parties can exercise restraint and not take measures that will escalate the situation.

(We) have invited some international guests. Who will attend and what activities they attend, is of course up to them to decide.

The whole process is open. Now we have 16 countries, but next year we could have 17 or 18. For example, we are aware of the interest expressed by the United States government.

You're trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought.

Pettitte did a great job, the kind I've come to expect of him while facing him so many times in the American League. But so did Derek.