When it came time to find employment, I set my sights on becoming an engineer at a home electronics manufacturer, a field that was closely related to my major at university.

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.

However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day.

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

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

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

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

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

My grandmother valued even the smallest of things.

From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress.

The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice.

I wasn't sure if it was safe for me to be sharing time and space with other people, who all seemed so much gentler and safer and less of a secret to themselves than I felt I was.

The old style hypocrite was a person who tried to appear better than he actually was; the new style hypocrite tries to appear worse than he or she is.

One of the best sources of perspective is enemies. If we can learn from them, then we can profit from anyone.

Astronauts: space activists.

The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers: They call it 'easing the Spring.'

I've always wanted to be a mom.

When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea.

The game replaces sexual enjoyment by pleasure in movement.

Evil must be confronted in its womb, and, if it can't be done otherwise, then it has to be dealt with by the use of force.

Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection.