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It isn't exaggerated, at least not for traditionally managed companies. Here's something that would shock you. Talk to a Japanese businessman who likes you an
by jbm 17y ago
It isn't exaggerated, at least not for traditionally managed companies.
Here's something that would shock you. Talk to a Japanese businessman who likes you and does business in Japan. Ask him what he thinks about Japan.
100% of answers (no exaggeration) have been some version of "Japan is finished.". It's hard for anyone to imagine how utterly and completely negative the Japanese self-image is, at least among the business men I've talked to.
- hga 17y agoThe raw numbers I quote here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1198362 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1198362 suggest that indeed "Japan is finished". Although much of their attitude has got to be a reflection of Japan being in it's 2nd lost decade ... but such a thing can be self-fulfilling. I.e. it sounds like there isn't much in the way of Keynes' "animal spirits" there. And this is reflected in a "lowest low" birthrate ... Mark Steyn says no society has ever recovered from that....