I strongly agree. Yet Japan is rarely mentioned along with Taiwan, HK, S. Korea as exemplars of good management. I think it's because they've bucked the Test,

I strongly agree. Yet Japan is rarely mentioned along with Taiwan, HK, S. Korea as exemplars of good management. I think it's because they've bucked the Test, Test, Test advice yet still had a relatively good outcome so far. It feels wrong to so ignore Japan. If they are doing something right here, the world should try to find out.