We don't have the right environment for good musicians to become teachers, and some who should not be teachers are teachers now. For example, there are teachers for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. Even though not every teacher is a good teacher, people still go to tea ceremony and flower arrangement classes. I don't think a person should teach just because he or she has a license, but we have become a society based on credentials. The same can be said of music.
Japan is on the wrong track and is close to reaching the point of no return.
I think Japanese people have to believe in and respect individuals, realizing that individuals are important to them. I've heard that you wanted to be a pianist. By the time I was about to finish primary school, I decided to be a pianist. I didn't know whether I was cut out for it, but I liked it. I went to Seijo Junior High to play music.