Yeah, that really rubs me the wrong way in a "virtue police" sense. However, from a company PoV, it may be an exercise in Japanese values where you are taught

Yeah, that really rubs me the wrong way in a "virtue police" sense. However, from a company PoV, it may be an exercise in Japanese values where you are taught to suppress your public persona to become more agreeable or else be the squeaky nail that gets hammered.