Di Jepang, kehidupan warga dijamin negara. "Orang tak tertarik menimbun kekayaan karena pajak warisan bisa 50 persen. Di Indonesia, kita seolah berlomba mengejar materi karena tak ada rasa aman di hari tua," ujarnya.
Bambang Rudyanto
Pendidikan:
S-1 Electrical Engineering Keio University, 1987-1991
S-2 Environmental Sciences University of Tsukuba, 1991-1993
PhD Advanced Science and Technology University of Tokyo, 1993-1996
Pekerjaan, antara lain:
Profesor di Wako University, Tokyo, April 2002
Visiting Researcher Southeast Asia Program Cornell University, Ithaca, AS, April 2009-Maret 2010