What is described in the article and comments is the Japan I knew in the 1980s. Starting from the mid 1990s, I've heard a lot about how the changed economy caus

What is described in the article and comments is the Japan I knew in the 1980s. Starting from the mid 1990s, I've heard a lot about how the changed economy caused business culture to shift significantly toward patterns of the West. Has Japanese business culture really not changed all that much?