Ltd. Today, we hear much talk about how the competitive strength of Japan's manufacturing industries is in decline, leading to a steady loss in trust in the technological prowess of this sector. In view of this trend, and as someone involved in the pursuit of craftsmanship, I have come to embrace a genuine sense of concern about the future. The spirit of these endeavors was subsequently carried on in the manufacturing of industrial products. There, fueled by the skilled dexterity for which the Japanese are so well known, together with their tenacious and discriminating quest for excellence, this state of mind secured high levels of quality, and earned the trust and respect of the world. Japan, along with the rest of the world, now finds itself in the midst of the emerging multimedia and Internet era.
Computer technology consists of the ability to store and reproduce past memories in optimum fashion.
Backed by the resourceful use of this type of information technology, I believe that the skills and the experience of Japanese craftsmanship, extolled in the past as the strongest anywhere on earth, are set to be passed on and duly inherited. As this process comes to pass, a critical factor will be human resources. I am confident that Japan, buoyed by the inherent strengths of refined manual dexterity, delicate sensitivity and precision craftsmanship, is positioned to combine these attributes with the enhancement of its intellectual assets, and mount a solid comeback as a nation founded in technology. For myself, I hold out the highest of expectations for each and every individual involved in fields of craftsmanship. I look forward to the success of these contemporary artisans in giving full play to their sense of mission, and in manifesting the spirit of discriminating taste and aspiration in a bold and lasting manner.