| Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi | | | | partners, giving birth to "Kaien-tai", the first |
| Corporation, Japan, tells us the importance of | | | | modern trading company in Japan. "Kaien-tai" later |
| vision and passion. It is not just a slogan. It is not | | | | became "Mitsubishi Corporation". His humbleness |
| just beautiful and fancy words. His personal | | | | made him say that he was just fortunate. He |
| history gives us clearly about bitter actuality | | | | would not be able to keep going without passion |
| walking the course to be successful. | | | | and vision. |
| Yataro Iwasaki was born in Lower Class Samurai | | | | It may not be just Mr. Yataro Iwasaki who talks |
| family, who normally could not get education | | | | about "Vision and Passion". Successful leaders |
| provided by local government that time in Japan. | | | | emphasize the importance of emotional strength, |
| That did not discourage him at all when he was | | | | putting aside smartness. Iwasaki was later calling |
| young. He educated himself while he was selling | | | | himself a stubborn, inflexible, bungler. He lost his |
| birdcages to support his family in his teens. | | | | positions given from his master several times. |
| Later, he nominated himself to study in Edo | | | | That made him an independent entrepreneur. |
| (Tokyo) and could learn there. His academic | | | | Once he believed in himself, he did not change, no |
| achievement drew higher-class management, and | | | | matter who tried to persuaded him. One example |
| he was selected to be an Edo business staff of | | | | is that a son of Samurai family became a |
| the local government. His father was arrested | | | | merchant. His family and friends stopped him |
| when he was in Edo for street fight with | | | | because it is downgrading himself. He believed that |
| higher-class Samurai. He came home to save his | | | | Samurai would one day give ways to merchants. |
| father and appealed his father's innocence to his | | | | Society changed as he predicted. |
| government. He was fired. He was fired several | | | | In the era of rapid change such as Meiji |
| times in his life. This was his first time. | | | | restoration, modernization of Japan from Samurai, |
| He and his father were put in a jail for a while, | | | | Shogunate days, there appear miraculously |
| after he was released, he reclaimed his innocence | | | | prominent people like Mr. Iwasaki. He might call |
| and expertise and hired back. Higher-class Samurai | | | | himself stubborn, inflexible bungler. People today |
| colleagues did not like Iwasaki sat in a higher | | | | calls him venture business entrepreneur in Meiji |
| position than them. Iwasaki was again accused of | | | | Era. He tried everything he saw the future. He |
| no reason and fired again. | | | | failed some, but he was successful in changing the |
| Ryoma Sakamoto, who later became the central | | | | society. Being called a person with "Iron Mental |
| figure in Meiji restoration, picked up Iwasaki and | | | | Strength", the foundation supported his mental |
| Sakamoto and Iwasaki became independent | | | | strength was Vision and Passion. |