“In my family, there were Kei and Minoru and then there were the rest. Everyone in my family is very opinionated and everyone tried to join the debate. But by the time my turn came, there was nothing left to say.”

an assumption that has resulted in the rapid expansion of the real estate securitization business.

We must continually reinvent ourselves, responding to changing times with innovative new business models.

In my experience, in the real-estate business past success stories are generally not applicable to new situations.

We intend to conduct our business in a way that not only meets but exceeds the expectations of our customers, business partners, shareholders, and creditors, as well as the communities in which we operate and society at large.

This trend could be regarded as a risk factor, as it exposes the real estate sector to at least three potential problems: first, interest rate hikes; second, revisions to securitization business accounting standards; and third, overheating in the real estate market.

Today the strategies of many companies in the real estate industry are premised on low interest rates.

A boat can’t have two captains.

I couldn’t keep pace, so I looked to do my own things.

There is no debate here, just scientists and non-scientists. And since the subject is science, the non-scientists don’t get a vote.

Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.

I’m a talker. I love a good debate.

History is a matter of debate, it should be left in the hands of historians and experts.

Be a student, not a follower. Take interest in what someone says, then debate it, ponder it, and consider it from all angles.

Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.

Overly focused, it’s far from the time to rest now. Debates growin’ ‘bout who they think is the best now.

A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.