We don't want to be something for everybody, we want to be everything for some people.

What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind.

I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.

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.

China will be the answer to Japan's problems.

When you want to turn around a company, you want to make sure that the solution is coming from inside.

It would be easier to make money in other sectors, but since I was a kid, I liked cars.