Japan : A Model of Peace and Positivity

TWENTY YEARS LATER why, then, do you have his picture displayed here? The office manager smiled and replied, “He is our super-guru.” Edwards Deming was a statistician who presented theories on quality control for industrial development, and the Japanese quickly adopted his principles as the foundation of their growth. They educated their nation to such an extent that the concept of quality became a way of life for the entire population. They even achieved a level of industrial production known as zero defects. The Americans had severely injured the Japanese, but they did not respond by labelling the Americans as enemies and unleashing a storm of words against them. Instead, they sought to learn from the Americans. They managed to extract beneficial lessons even from their adversaries. This is the secret to living successfully in this world, and it is such people who succeed.

TWENTY YEARS LATER To gain something, one must be willing to lose something. To reach a height, one must tolerate some degree of lowliness. Those who adapt to this law succeed in God’s world. Those who refuse to comply are destined to fail and subsequently blame others for their ruin in vain. Between 1950 and 1970, Japan’s condition was such that it relied on Western countries for advanced industrial technology, sometimes borrowing, sometimes asking, and