https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming#Honors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming#Honors Maybe he meant this. Deming was awarded Japan's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming#Honors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming#Honors Maybe he meant this. Deming was awarded Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure, Second Class for: The citation on the medal recognizes Deming's contributions to Japan's industrial rebirth and its worldwide success. He literally got Japan into scientific quality control using statistic. It's also something that six-sigma came out of (see: https://qz.com/work/1635960/whatever-happened-to-six-sigma/ https://qz.com/work/1635960/whatever-happened-to-six-sigma/).