‘’When you ask me why I decided to move to Armenia four years ago, my answer is because of the people and the relationship they have amongst themselves. I was born and raised in Tokyo, a megacity, where lonely deaths are common. Imagine, old people die and no one finds out for more than 3 or 6 months. I was craving deep relationships and human interactions’’.

‘’I envy the flexibility of making mistakes in Armenian culture. In Japan, people are only allowed one correct answer in their educational system and the society is not really used to making mistakes. It’s harder for a Japanese to go and start again after a failure. In contrast, Armenians are very flexible to making mistakes. Making mistakes is a very important process for learning and development.’’

‘’Most of the stories about Japan's success are exaggerated by the media and actually were largely due to the geopolitical situation (US weapon demand during the Korean War, / against Soviet Bloc, Japan becoming a buffer zone for socialism and capitalism), however we as Japanese people did play a role and caught up with the opportunity that came to us.’’

‘’Japanese work collectively and not individually, which fitted the post-world war time in Japan very well. We also have a sort of authoritarian culture, no matter how many people there are, Japanese people will tend to follow the same development direction.’’