From the years living in Japan I think the previous poster is right on a cultural level. I mean if you think about it, 6 of the top 10 oldest companies are Jap

From the years living in Japan I think the previous poster is right on a cultural level. I mean if you think about it, 6 of the top 10 oldest companies are Japanese [1]. That says something about the value of continuity and stability in Japan's mindset. I don't see that changing any time soon tbh. (And yes, some of them are a "thousand" year old, though of course not thousand"s") [1] : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies