Ira Math­ur

The am­bas­sador ex­plains: "Japan­ese peo­ple take their cue from their lead­ers who are ad­mired not for wealth or pow­er but for what they sac­ri­fice and con­tribute to so­ci­ety."This at­ti­tude has fil­tered down so the more peo­ple share with oth­ers, the more cour­te­ous they are, the more they think of the col­lec­tive good, and the more they are re­spect­ed."