I worked in Japan for a few years, mainly at small-ish software shops (some consulting shops, one making a CMS etc). We basically worked the same as I do in my

I worked in Japan for a few years, mainly at small-ish software shops (some consulting shops, one making a CMS etc). We basically worked the same as I do in my home country (Australia) - 2 weeks sprints, JIRA, etc. My personal experience is software is the same everywhere - some shops are organized, sprints etc, big on tests, others are waterfall and have basically no QA/testing.