There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.

Curiosity is the key to creativity.

We treat employees as a member of the family. If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.

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.

All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.

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.

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