Americans make money by playing `money games,' namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth ... instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.

Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.

The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.

My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.

I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.

Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it. Don’t do market research.

If you don't want Japan to buy it, don't sell it.