In retrospect, to put it simply, time passed quickly in the past 100 years.
It has been about 15 years since I took up the post of president. When I took office, O&K was increasing the number of production bases, partially thanks to Japan’s high economic growth period.

I have heard, however, that 100 years ago, United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) was leading the world and O&K had imported some products from U.S. Steel.
As far as I remember, it was not until the 1970s that Japanese steel manufacturers became capable of manufacturing steel products of the highest quality in the world as their strenuous efforts to produce the best products in the world paid off.

Fortunately, our wires began to be used for nails and screws for building houses and then found to be suited for household appliances and construction materials and, nowadays, for screws, bolts, and nuts that are components of automobiles, which means that the needs for our products have been changing with the times while we have been capturing business opportunities.

In the background, Japanese companies achieved a remarkable economic progress in the postwar days, which I believe is one of the factors that enable us to make progress as they did.