Hi,
I've just read this book(English version) too. It is really a good book and very touching. At first I thought it might be very boring but once I started reading it, I could hardly put it down. Tell you a secret, I cried when Morrie died.
I have also read this book. I wish I also had a student who was so deeply affected by me. I wish there would also be someone who was so caring standing by my side at the last stage of my life.