From my experience with both countries, surprisingly, Japan is more paperwork oriented than India. For some reason, they really want things in hard-copy, too.

From my experience with both countries, surprisingly, Japan is more paperwork oriented than India. For some reason, they really want things in hard-copy, too. The difference, and it's a major one, is that paperwork does not slow the pace of work in Japan. Once papers are there, progress is usually instantaneous.