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Creating the value of life - By Fumihiko Iida

In the latter part of March, 1996, a trusted friend sent me a copy of Professor Fumihiko Iida’s article, ”The Dawn of Meaning.” I read it immediately and was amazed that a traditional academic journal at a major public university in Japan had published a research article on life after death and rebirth, especially since the topic is so remote from economics and management, the journal’s usual genre. | CREATING THE VALUE OF LIFE By Fumihiko Iida Associate Professor of Fukushima National University JAPAN This book became best-seller in Japan and achieved more than 400 000 copies in 1996. Translated by Muneo Yoshikawa Ph.D. Professor Emeritus University of Hawaii COPYRIGHT If you want you can distribute this PDF file to all around the world but please do not gain any profit Copyright C Fumihiko lida Nuneo J. Yoshikawa Fumihiko lida Faculty of Economics Fukushima Univ. Matsukawa-cho Fukushima City 960-1296 Japan This PDF file was converted from the HTML file of Iida s HP by Yoshio Umeno. 11 UPON THE OCCASION OF PUBLICATION UPON THE OCCASION OF PUBLICATION Why This Book is Being Sent Out From Japan to the World Muneo Yoshikawa Ph.D. Professor Emeritus University of Hawaii In the latter part of March 1996 a trusted friend sent me a copy of Professor Fumihiko Iida s article The Dawn of Meaning. 1 I read it immediately and was amazed that a traditional academic journal at a major public university in Japan had published a research article on life after death and rebirth especially since the topic is so remote from economics and management the journal s usual genre. I was full of emotion as I realized that the new world-shaking paradigms views of the world of the universe of nature of humanity and of the corporation have at last started to make inroads in Japan. On the one hand I was speechless with admiration for the bravery of Professor Iida in submitting such theories to a journal of economics and management. I have spent over thirty years in the academic environment of a public University in the U.S. and I know very well that a scholar of management must be prepared for the worst when he publishes theories such as Professor s Iida s within the discipline of management science where they appear out of place at least at first glance. I contacted Professor Iida immediately because I was convinced that he had some compelling reason a reason beyond human knowledge to act