2. 1st: 2016 Week45 English Journal Vol.1(P0-15)
“SeiwaJyuku Dojo for business managers who
wish to actively examine and develop their
philosophies of business management and of
life in general with Dr. Kazuo Inamori.”
3. 2nd: 2016 Week46 English Journal Vol.1(P16-41)
“ I was getting used to thinking every day
about the kind of attitude that would help one
persevere and achieve results in the face of
poor working conditions.”
4. 3rd: 2016 Week47 English Journal Vol.1(P42-63)
“That’s all very well,
but I know you can do better!”
5. 4th: 2016 Week48 English Journal Vol.1(P64-96)
“I believe that continued efforts to confirm our
belief in and practice of our philosophy though
such programs will provide an indispensable
pillar…”
6. 5th: 2016 Week49 English Journal Vol.2(P0-26)
“Should not set a goal
with a vague overall number”
7. 6th: 2016 Week50 English Journal Vol.2(P26-39)
“Our Company has tremendous potential.
It is a small business now, but we can
expect it to develop dramatically and grow
into an excellent corporation.”
8. 7th: 2016 Week51 English Journal Vol.2(P34-42)
“Face every challenge with courage.”
Be fair and never deceive others
9. 8th: 2016 Week52 English Journal Vol.2(P34-42)
“If you are struggling to manage cash flow now,
keep trying with the belief it will work out.
That kind of effort will be very difficult for
those who are immediately under adverse
circumstances. Still, you need to keep trying –
even forcing yourself to believe.”
10. 9th: 2016 Week53 English Journal Vol.2(P48-End)
“Amoeba Management”
The Dynamic Management System for Rapid Market Response
11. 10th: 2017 Week1 English Journal Vol.3(P1-21)
“Without changing your inner character, in
other words, without improving your
personality, you cannot employ many
people and lead them at all”
12. 11th: 2017 Week2 English Journal Vol.3(P22-32)
“There is a universal acceptance of you
always make your business decisions
based on questions such as, “What is the
right thing to do as a human being?”
13. 12th: 2017 Week3 English Journal Vol.3(P33-45)
“In order to make your dreams come true,
it is crucial to train your employees so that
you could trust them.”
14. 13th: 2017 Week4 English Journal Vol.3(P46-68)
“thank you, fulfilled, it’s easy, I can. I ‘ll try,
I`ll hang in there, I ‘ll try harder, I’ll
challenge, fun, happy, interesting,
wonderful, beautiful, still young, tastes
good, lovely, pretty….”
15. 14th: 2017 Week5 English Journal Vol.3(P64- End)
“everyone can be as successful as Kazuo
Inamori as long as we keep reflecting on
“what is right as a human being.”
16. 15th: 2017 Week6 English Journal Vol.4(P6- 31)
“the restructuring of JAL is not something I
did, but something that the absolute
presence of this world used me to do.”
17. 16th: 2017 Week7 English Journal Vol.4(P32- 45)
“If you are innovative and creative,
you can succeed in any business.”
18. 17th: 2017 Week8 English Journal Vol.4(P46- 58)
“The company was transformed into a
marvelous enterprise by sharing the
management rationale and management
philosophy.”
19. 18th: 2017 Week9 English Journal Vol.4(P59- 72)
“Revival of Genki management based on
the Philosophy.”
20. 19th: 2017 Week10 English Journal Vol.4(P88-94)
“In order for a company that has achieved
rapid growth to keep thriving, it is essential
to establish a solid view of enterprise
management and to construct a
governance system to support that
growth.”
21. 20th: 2017 Week11 English Journal Vol.5(P6-33)
“in order to contribute to society, we invested
in this business with a noble cause. We cannot
develop our business or contribute to society
with your poor performance. You must
thoroughly investigate the reasons for your
deficit and quickly improve profitability so that
we can achieve the mission of our business.”
22. 21st: 2017 Week12 English Journal Vol.5(P34-49)
“It’s not just about meals.”
Abounding love for employees brings about wonderful results
23. 22nd: 2017 Week13 English Journal Vol.5(P50-63)
“Exposure to like elements sets off a sudden
awakening of the spirit that leads a wonderful life.”
You had a wonderful soul by nature
24. 23rd: 2017 Week14 English Journal Vol.5(P66-End)
“Turn in to the Flow of the Universe.”
25. 24th: 2017 Week15 English Journal Vol.6(P4-27)
The Results of Life or Work = Attitude x Effort x Ability.
The results of a person’s life and the results of a person’s work can be
expressed as that person’s attitude or approach (their philosophy), multiplied
by their effort, and then multiplied by their ability.
26. 25th: 2017 Week16 English Journal Vol.6(P29-52)
“There is something (great) that puts us human
beings through unimaginable ordeals one right
after the other. When we are able to endure these
trials and overcome them by virtue of our
sustained, fervent efforts, the resulting growth and
development can be greater than ever before.”
27. 26th: 2017 Week17 English Journal Vol.6(P59-75)
“I think anyone would be happy if they are
able to have determination and live the life
given to them as if they fire themselves.”
28. 27th: 2017 Week18 English Journal Vol.6(P76-End)
“If fire up every employee to aim at the
goal It will be achieved the goal or even
higher. Order to fire up, need to have
Altruistic mission of the company.”
29. 28th: 2017 Week19 English Journal Vol.7(P6-31)
“the company's success or lack thereof will
depend on how seriously employees
approach their job.”
30. 29th: 2017 Week20 English Journal Vol.7(P32-45)
“Excellent management is possible even in
tough and disadvantaged circumstantces.”
31. 30th: 2017 Week21 English Journal Vol.7(P46-61)
“Sincere thoughts delivered directly from
top management.”
32. 31st: 2017 Week22 English Journal Vol.7(P68-93)
“A true adventurer, in fast, is full of fears,
timidity, sensitivity and caution.”
33. 32nd: 2017 Week23 English Journal Vol.8(P4-35)
“Throwing yourself into your work is a task fraught with
suffering. In order to keep up something so painful, you
have to come to love the job that you are doing. If it's
something you love, there's no limit to how hard you
can work at it. If you fall in love with the job that you
are doing, those watching from the outside might pity
you in a way for putting yourself through such suffering
by striving so hard, but if the worker likes it, there
should be nothing at all wrong with it..”
34. 33rd: 2017 Week24 English Journal Vol.8(P36-47)
“Do not lose a sense of humility.”
35. 34th: 2017 Week25 English Journal Vol.8(P56-69)
“Enhance awareness of figures and
consciousness of profitability.”
36. 35th: 2017 Week26 English Journal Vol.8(P70-79)
“4. Principle of Perfectionism”
37. 36th: 2017 Week27 English Journal Vol.9(P4-27)
“When the agreement is simply that they
will work and you will pay them money in
return, the will work, no doubt, but they
will not be doing work in a true sense.
Unless they are utterly inspired by you and
your mission.”
38. 37th: 2017 Week28 English Journal Vol.9(P48-64)
“We have natural gifts given by God. There
are not for being admired or for bringing
about in front of others. We must use
them for the sale of the society.”
39. 38th: 2017 Week29 English Journal Vol.9(P48-64)
“what is crucial to bringing about change in
people’s attitude is, more than anything,
whether or not the employees who work in
the organization feel than there is good
outcome from the system and enjoy a sense of
accomplishment.”
40. 39th: 2017 Week30 English Journal Vol.9(P65-75)
“Pricing is Management”
Pricing is top management’s responsibility.
If you price your product too high, you cannot sell it.
But if your product is at too low a price, although it might sell well,
you would lose money.
41. 40th: 2017 Week31 English Journal Vol.9(P76-End)
“Keeping a passionate desire in your heart,
elevate your ”thought” to the level of conviction”
42. 41st: 2017 Week32 English Journal Vol.10(P4-23)
“Fervent and pure desire
will lead our business to success.”
43. 42nd: 2017 Week33 English Journal Vol.10(P24-36)
“ I felt strongly about developing a
management philosophy that would serve as a
standard when people had differing opinions.”
44. 43rd: 2017 Week34 English Journal Vol.10(P37-51)
“ As a result of all this, our sales have grown
significantly and naturally.
(機関誌130号、P71)その結果、自然に売上も大きく伸びるようになりました。 ”
45. 44th: 2017 Week35 English Journal Vol.10(P52-67)
“There are 12 management principles, If you
earnestly put them into practice, anyone can
create a Kyocera-class company or two
(機関誌130号、P93)「経営の原点12か条。これを実直に実践していれば、
京セラクラスの会社の一つや二つは誰にだって作れる。」 ”
46. 45th: 2017 Week36 English Journal Vol.10(P68-80)
“When you think it give up, the real work begins. “
「ダメだという時が仕事の始まり」
47. 46th: 2017 Week37 English Journal Vol.10(P81-96)
“Tough experiences built up a great personality
(130号p59)鍛えたことが、立派な人間性をつくったもとになった
48. 47th: 2017 Week38 English Journal Vol.11(P4-31)
“Your Attitude, what you think, can turn the
suffering of management into the bliss
(132号p30)「利他の心」で、誠心誠意、渾身の力を振り絞り、経営に邁進してきた
のだと考えれば、苦労が報われたように感じる
49. 48th: 2017 Week39 English Journal Vol.11(P32-46)
“Elevating our mind is the most critical
essence of management.”
(機関誌130号P161) 心を高めることが経営に最も重要
50. 49th: 2017 Week40 English Journal Vol.11(P32-46)
“the factors that had enabled JAL to rebuild
the company was HIS REPEATED TEACHINGS
that the purpose of corporate management
(機関誌121号P132) JALを再建できた要因のひとつに経営について繰り返し社員に訴えたこと
51. 50th: 2017 Week41 English Journal Vol.11(P52-75)
(p5) I believe that our use of accurate management tools to
build logical management control system accounted for around
one fourth of the factors that led to our overall success there.
(機関誌52号)的確な経営資料に基づいて合理的な経営管理システムを作り上
げたということが成功要因の4分の1ぐらいを占めていると考えています。
52. 51st: 2017 Week42 English Journal Vol.12(P16-25)
“You have to begin by truly believing that it is
possible to use the power of creating thinking
to reduce these cost”
(機関誌52号)創意工夫によってはいくらでも減らせると考えています。
つまり、無限の可能性を信じるか信じないかということです。
53. 52nd: 2017 Week43 English Journal Vol.12(P26-37)
(p43) Don't concentrate on profit rate, but
seek to maximize sales and minimize expenses
54. 53rd: 2017 Week44 English Journal Vol.12(P38-47)
(p43) “Reform of consciousness will be best
achieved by diving employees into small
groups and having them participate in
management.”
55. 54th: 2017 Week45 English Journal Vol.12(P48-64)
(p56) "the happiness of employees"
56. 55th: 2017 Week46 English Journal Vol.12(P65-81)
(p68) By sharing the situation, problems, and
direction of the company with all employees
in order to align their vectors, we can
concentrate all of their power. Without that, a
company can scarcely hope to achieve high
goals or overcome adversities.
57. 56th: 2017 Week47 English Journal Vol.13(P4-33)
(p6)" I want to grow my business
and make my company amazing."
58. 57th: 2017 Week48 English Journal Vol.13(P34-53)
(p44) " This is my destiny, I will absolutely
succeed in this vision, no matter what."
59. 58th: 2017 Week49 English Journal Vol.13(P54-80)
(p73)" An excellent listener who gathers the
collective wisdom"
60. 59th: 2017 Week50 English Journal Vol.14(P4-31)
(p15) I believe that when we are presented
with these trials, our subsequent lives change
based on how we handle them.
61. 60th: 2017 Week51 English Journal Vol.14(P32-49)
(p44) There it was! With Everything, I had dreamed of
heretofore, there was always a voice in my mind asking
whether we would be able to make it a reality or not. It was
like another version of me, telling me that I was not such a
big deal a person anyway.
(機関誌139号P30) 今までは思っていても、心のどこかで「本当
にできるのか?自分はそんなにたいした人間ではない」と思っ
ているもう一人の自分がいたことに気が付いたのです。
62. 61st: 2017 Week52 English Journal Vol.14(P50-63)
(p60) " Work steadily and diligently, one step at
time, never relenting in tedious tasks.“
(機関誌139号P) 「地道な仕事を確実にたゆまぬ努力をつづける」
63. 62nd: 2018 Week1 English Journal Vol.14(P64-81)
(p68) help each other in the Japanese-American
community in Hawaii
(機関誌139号p51) ハワイの日系人社会では「助け合
い」の精神が大切だと
64. 63rd: 2018 Week2 English Journal Vol.14(P82-96)
(p96) " You should know it is difficult to pull a horse to the
river to make her drink the water unless she is thirsty."
65. 64th: 2018 Week3 English Journal Vol.15(P4-29)
(p8) Raising a person from "odds and ends " to greatness
(機関誌141号p13)「半端者」を立派な人物に育てる
66. 65th: 2018 Week4 English Journal Vol.15(P30-46)
(p40) "what we believe become reality"
(機関誌141号p128 )「思いは叶う」
67. 66th: 2018 Week5 English Journal Vol.15(P47-59)
(p49) how precious every second of living
(機関誌141号p72 )生きている瞬間はどんなにありがたく
68. 67th: 2018 Week6 English Journal Vol.15(P60-77)
(p63) "I will be big in the future."
(機関誌141号p103 )「将来ビッグになる」
69. 68th: 2018 Week7 English Journal Vol.16(P4-27)
(p63) I never simply told them to just get it done or to do their best.
(機関誌138号p15 )ただ単に「やれ」「がんばれ」というのではありません。
70. 69th: 2018 Week8 English Journal Vol.16(P28-43)
Selflessness : 私心をなくす
71. 70th: 2018 Week9 English Journal Vol.16(P44-61)
(p56) "The company's rapid growth enabled
by all employees understanding of the
philosophy."
72. 71st: 2018 Week10 English Journal Vol.16(P62-80)
"Is my motive virtuous or selfish?"
73. 72nd: 2018 Week11 English Journal Vol.17(P4-27)
(p5) I continued to rack my brain to figure out
what we would need to make it possible
74. 73rd: 2018 Week12 English Journal Vol.17(P28-35)
(p31) I believe that all our effort will lead us to
enormous success.
76. 75th: 2018 Week14 English Journal Vol.17(P56-71)
(63) work is an opportunities for us to elevate
our minds and refine our characters
77. 76th: 2018 Week15 English Journal Vol.17(P72-81)
(74) effectively making your employee happy.
78. 77th: 2018 Week16 English Journal Vol.18(P4-29)
(13) having target numbers in place at every level,
from company-wide targets down to the smallest
unit of organization in the workplace, and
management cost accounting separately for each
of those units.
79. 78th: 2018 Week17 English Journal Vol.18(P30-43)
(34) " I -can-do-it" experience
80. 79th: 2018 Week18 English Journal Vol.18(P44-59)
(47) Tell everyone around me how I wanted to
become the leader of a company
81. 80th: 2018 Week19 English Journal Vol.18(P60-69)
(63) He pointed out that I was the one creating the
tough situation of my company.
82. 81st: 2018 Week20 English Journal Vol.18(P70-80)
(74) Everything in management depends on my
view of life, philosophy and attitude . A company
won’t grow farther than the caliber on character of
its top leader.
83. 82nd: 2018 Week22 English Journal Vol.19(P4-29)
(7) “ I will trust him because of his character.”
84. 83rd: 2018 Week21 English Journal Vol.19(P30-43)
(32) my way of business was correct, which I now
think was totally wrong, - Koki Saito
85. 84th: 2018 Week22 English Journal Vol.19(P44-58)
Targeting Niche Business
86. 85th: 2018 Week23 English Journal Vol.19(P59-67)
(62) work is a type of spiritual practice and that
working can refine person’s character and make it
possible to live a wonderful life
87. 86th: 2018 Week24 English Journal Vol.19(P68-80)
(77) I would not be where I am today if I had not
joined SeiwaJyuku back in 2004
More than anything else, I want to make people
SMILE