In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.

You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it.

Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.

I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.

If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.

The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.

We are facing extreme volatility.