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.

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.

Never break another man's rice bowl.

If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.

To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.

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

We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business. And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.