Hitachi Global

The Hitachi Group includes many business divisions, companies, many technologies, products and solutions. Nowhere else in the world is there another business group that has such a broad range of diversity. And despite the current unprecedented economic crisis, Hitachi will continue to expand its businesses through global social innovation by focusing on the "creation of environmental value." At the core, this underscores Hitachi's founding philosophy of promoting business strongly and continuously in order to thrive at a steady pace toward the future. This is what truly differentiates Hitachi from all other competitors. Hitachi truly embodies our corporate statement "Inspire the Next" (breathe new life into the next era) by combining "the collective strengths" of the wide range of businesses, technologies and expertise within the Hitachi Group to generate the optimal value for the diverse issues among customers and society at large.

Hitachi's goal is to achieve further growth by looking back to its origins. It is critically important to engage the heart and mind of each and every employee and remind them of our corporate philosophy of "contributing to society through the development of superior, original technology and products." In today's unprecedented economic crisis, which has dramatically changed and changes daily we must be prepared to take immediate action and be ready to respond quickly to our changing society.

Hitachi has generously donated the equipment which makes the Kokoro Gatari study possible.

Kuniaki Ozawa

received a B.S. degree in Mechnaical Enginering from Waseda Unversity in 1971 and M.S. degree in Control Enginenering from Tokyo Insititue for Technology in 1973, Tokyo, Kapan respectively. He worked for Systems Development Laborarory in Hitachi, Ltd. from 1973 to 1992, then he was transferred to Accesbility Promotion Office, Computer Business Division in Hitachi, Ltd. in 1992. Since then he has been engaged in planning, developing, and putting communication aids on Japanese market. Ozawa has been the driving force behind the development of the Kokoro Gatari device.