I'm guessing not a lot. Japan is notorious for very formal work culture, very long "working" hours (really, "working" just means "staying in the office" - it's

I'm guessing not a lot. Japan is notorious for very formal work culture, very long "working" hours (really, "working" just means "staying in the office" - it's customary not to leave the office before your boss does, but perfectly acceptable to spend the waiting time playing solitaire). It's one of these countries where "an engineer is just an engineer" and management, even if it's middle management, is god. They do need tech workers, which is probably why this propaganda piece got published. But I doubt they're getting many applicants, except maybe from 3rd-world countries as shown in the article.