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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.

Akio Morita

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Akio Morita
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 3
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job, I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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We don't believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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