Japanese - Physicist | May 22, 1954 -
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.' So, I was so, so happy, and I was so surprised.
Shuji Nakamura
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When I started on my research, I never expected I could invent the LED and laser diode.
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It's good to have high-quality competition. It helps drive research forward at a faster pace.
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I am thankful to Nichia Chemical Corporation and its founder Nobu Ogawa, who gave me the research opportunity to create a blue LED.
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If Japanese companies don't reform drastically and implement English as their daily business language, the economy will only continue to contract.
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There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil.
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My dream was to work for one of the big electronics companies like Sony or Panasonic.
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If I had gone to a big company, it would have been very difficult for me to do research freely. At a big company, say Sony, there are very, very good researchers. So I would have to ask them what I could do.
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A small company like Nichia should do niche products.
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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.
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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 States.
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