SDF

I was born in 1968, and I manage a real estate company and construction company in the city of Hiratsuka, in Kanagawa. Before the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster that followed, I thought that high social status and economic success were the keys to happiness. But after witnessing these disasters, and seeing them sweep through and destroy everything in an instant, my definition of happiness was permanently changed. I became interested in social movements. I realized that for me to be happy, and for my family to be happy, our society needed to be a place free of suffering for as many people as possible. I began participating in activities to support nuclear disaster victims and protest against hate speech. When my life was all about obtaining material wealth, I lived in constant anxiety, obsessed with gaining more and not losing what I had gained. But today, I am genuinely happy. And I am committed to doing what I can to make a world free of suffering, where future generations, too, can live in true happiness.