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Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

I believe in transparency.

Japanimation is a whole different art form.

We're in a 21st century, transparent and connected world.

My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening of the country, present-day Japan is split between two opposite poles of ambiguity.

Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.

The greater the power, the more need there is for transparency, because if the power is abused, the result can be so enormous. On the other hand, those people who do not have power, we mustn't reduce their power even more by making them yet more transparent.

I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.

The exposure I have had to beautiful materials across the world, from Japan to Italy, enables me to pull design ideas together. This, combined with years of historical research, has created a great fountain of ideas for me.