My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.

Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure.

In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force.

Find your own dream! Keep this dream and take good care of it and then sometime you will accomplish something [and feel the intense satisfaction that only the achievement of a long held, worthwhile goal can give].

My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.

In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology.

I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades.