Japan actually is an aging population, and so as the population has aged, they have had a lot more problems with health.

Fortunately, because of the spread of smart devices, people take games for granted now. It's a good thing for us, because we do not have to worry about making games something that are relevant to general people's daily lives.

A good idea is something that does not solve just one single problem, but rather can solve multiple problems at once.

I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play.

When I look around and see how aged cartoonists continue to work on their manga and how movie directors create new movies all the time, I understand that they would never retire. And by the same token, I guess I will still be making games somehow. The only question is whether the younger people will be willing to work with me at that far point in the future.

I'd like to be known as the person who saw things from a different point of view to others.

Angry Birds is a very simple idea but its one of those games that I immediately appreciated when I first started playing, before wishing that I had been the one to come up with the idea first.