"The key to success depends on how I can drastically carry out the strategy of selection and concentration.” The former president of Yamagata University, who had an unusual transformation from the Administrative Vice Minister of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and developed Yonezawa City of Yamagata Prefecture as a leader in Organic Electronics, said that “A national university should has a strong field, which is the best in Japan and also has a competitive advantage in the world. So I made a concentration investment.”

Nikkei June, 1, Monday, Morning paper, Page 11