--- title: "1 Japan Think Quotes By Shuji Nakamura" description: "1 Japan Think quotes by Shuji Nakamura. Plus more from Shuji Nakamura and more Japan Think sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/shuji-nakamura-25008_evil_there-are-still-people-in-japan-who-thin_2214620.jpg" --- > [There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/there-are-still-people-in-japan-who-think-money-is-something-evil/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/shuji-nakamura-25008_evil_there-are-still-people-in-japan-who-thin_2214620.jpg) ## More by Shuji Nakamura > [I couldn't achieve the American dream in Japan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/i-couldn-t-achieve-the-american-dream-in-japan/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [You work to earn money. But in Japan, that idea has a bad image, and you're not supposed to say that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/you-work-to-earn-money-but-in-japan-that-idea-has-a-bad-image-and-you/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [My dream was to work for one of the big electronics companies like Sony or Panasonic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/my-dream-was-to-work-for-one-of-the-big-electronics-companies-like/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [I wanted to quit Nichia. I didn't care about anything. It was OK for them to fire me. I was not afraid of anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/i-wanted-to-quit-nichia-i-didn-t-care-about-anything-it-was-ok-for/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [If I had gone to a big company, it would have been very difficult for me to do research freely. At a big company,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/if-i-had-gone-to-a-big-company-it-would-have-been-very-difficult-for/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [I'm not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, 'You got the Nobel Prize.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/i-m-not-sure-whether-i-could-win-a-nobel-prize-or-not-but-the-nobel/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [A small company like Nichia should do niche products.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/a-small-company-like-nichia-should-do-niche-products/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [I have been very fortunate to be supported by many people in my career. I also appreciate my personal friends, business friends, and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/i-have-been-very-fortunate-to-be-supported-by-many-people-in-my/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [It's good to have high-quality competition. It helps drive research forward at a faster pace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/it-s-good-to-have-high-quality-competition-it-helps-drive-research/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [The most important thing I learned at the University of Florida is that a Ph.D. and writing papers is very important in the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/the-most-important-thing-i-learned-at-the-university-of-florida-is/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [The LED light bulb is more than ten times the efficiency of regular incandescent lighting, so it can save the world hundreds of billions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/the-led-light-bulb-is-more-than-ten-times-the-efficiency-of-regular/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [I am thankful to Nichia Chemical Corporation and its founder Nobu Ogawa, who gave me the research opportunity to create a blue LED.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/i-am-thankful-to-nichia-chemical-corporation-and-its-founder-nobu/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [Many researchers have joined the field and applied the LED to many new markets such as mobile phone screens, LED TV, and LED Lighting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/many-researchers-have-joined-the-field-and-applied-the-led-to-many/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [The promise of energy savings, reduced carbon emissions and affordable lighting was there from the inception. The proliferation of the technology into areas such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/the-promise-of-energy-savings-reduced-carbon-emissions-and-affordable/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) > [The Japanese press likes me a lot, but the problem is the Japanese government. It's very bureaucratic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/the-japanese-press-likes-me-a-lot-but-the-problem-is-the-japanese/) [Shuji Nakamura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shuji-nakamura/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/japan-think/shuji-nakamura/#itemlist", "name": "1 Japan Think Quotes By Shuji Nakamura", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shuji Nakamura" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shuji-nakamura/there-are-still-people-in-japan-who-think-money-is-something-evil/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/shuji-nakamura-25008_evil_there-are-still-people-in-japan-who-thin_2214620.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/shuji-nakamura-25008_evil_there-are-still-people-in-japan-who-thin_2214620.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/shuji-nakamura-25008_evil_there-are-still-people-in-japan-who-thin_2214620.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil.” — Shuji Nakamura", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/japan-think/shuji-nakamura/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/japan-think/shuji-nakamura/", "name": "Japan Think Quotes by Shuji Nakamura", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/japan-think/shuji-nakamura/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/shuji-nakamura-25008_evil_there-are-still-people-in-japan-who-thin_2214620.jpg" }, "description": "1 Japan Think quotes by Shuji Nakamura. 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