A little earlier in the timeline, on 2 September 1924, Noboru Hayama was born in Tokyo as the child of a Japanese soldier. According to stories, Hayama was raised to be a sincere, diligent and curious person. 48 When the time came, he got his military diploma as 2nd Lieutenant. Hayama decided to enrol as a teacher at Nihon University.1 He was looking for a job to pay for his expenses and started as a printer in a print shop that was equipped with mimeographs. Because he wanted to do something useful for future generations, he decided that mimeography was the perfect way to start.