Article: Living in a material world: we interview the quietly outspoken business leader Dr. Inamori Kazuo, chairman emeritus of Kyocera Corporation and president of the Inamori Foundation. (Talking Business).(Interview)

LOOK JAPAN: What do you think are the biggest problems facing modern society in Japan and the world?

INAMORI KAZUO: The greatest problem we face is that people throughout the world operate on an individual basis and are solely concerned with their own personal gains and losses--their own selfish interests. In other words, their standard for both judgment and action is based on whether or not a given proposition is good or bad for them personally. The same holds true among nations. Countries make their decisions and carry out their actions solely on the basis of their own national interests. Now we can't deny that, throughout the twentieth century and on a global ...

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