> How do the Japanese work so much? Simple answer, they don't. They spend a lot of time at work looking busy, but they don't actually do that much actual work

> How do the Japanese work so much? Simple answer, they don't. They spend a lot of time at work looking busy, but they don't actually do that much actual work. For me (a lazy Frenchman), Americans are the hardest working people I know in terms of actual productive work.