I want to use the power of technology to create things that serve the world.

技術の力で、世の中の役に立つものをつくりたい。

Masaru Ibuka

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Masaru Ibuka

Born in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, in 1908, Masaru Ibuka co-founded Sony with Akio Morita and brought world-changing products — from transistor radios to the Trinitron — to life through an engineer's intuition and tenacity. The founding prospectus he authored, calling for an 'ideal factory, free, dynamic, and joyful,' became a spiritual pillar of postwar Japanese manufacturing. In his later years he championed early childhood education with his book Kindergarten Is Too Late. A rare industrialist who connected technology, management, and education.

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Source: 東京通信工業設立趣意書（1946年）の理念に基づく発言として複数の伝記で引用Unverified

Masaru Ibuka's Other Quotes

The establishment of an ideal factory — free, dynamic, and joyful — where earnest engineers can exercise their skills to the fullest.

The reward for work is work itself.

Kindergarten is too late.

To create original products, you need an environment where original people can operate freely.

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