An entrepreneur who built an automation giant is now the richest person in Japan — and his company is known to pay some of the highest salaries in the country - NewsBreak

Takemitsu Takizaki, the founder of sensor-making manufacturer Keyence, is now Japan's richest man. Keyence, which Takizaki founded in 1974, was recently chosen to enter Japan's blue-chip stock index. His employees are some of the best-paid in Japan, earning an average $170,000 a year.