Inamori fails entrance exam for First Kagoshima Junior High School; has to attend national post-elementary school.
Chronology
1940s
Inamori reads book, Truth of Life, while confined to bed with tuberculosis. The book lays the foundation for his belief that our reality is a reflection of our minds.
Inamori attends Kagoshima Junior High School.
Inamori's home is destroyed in an air raid.
Inamori attends Third District Kagoshima Senior High School (currently Kagoshima Gyokuryu Senior High School).
To support his family, Inamori starts selling paper bags.