The Senkaku islands are inherently Japanese territory. I want to show my strong determination to prevent this from changing.
You can take any one of our stories that we use right now, put western clothes on us, stick us out in the west and they'll work just as well - any single one of them - because they're stories about people, they're stories about things.
We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.