> It's a running joke at this point, because Japanese cannot compromise quality to make costs reasonable. An old anecdote: A company places an order to produc

> It's a running joke at this point, because Japanese cannot compromise quality to make costs reasonable. An old anecdote: A company places an order to produce some gizmo through a Japanese firm. The order states what is could be "up to three non-working gizmos per one hundred in the final shipment". The order is completed, the employee comes to get it, sees a big packed boxes and a small one. He asks "what's in the big boxes?" and receives "That's your one hundred gizmos, like you ordered". He asks again "But what is in this small box there?" and receives "That's your three non-working gizmos, like you ordered".