I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child.

The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies.

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.

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

My grandmother valued even the smallest of things.

I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child.

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