>I bet that Japanese labors condition will drastically increase in the coming 10 years. That sounds too optimistic to me. The same problem (shrinking young wor

>I bet that Japanese labors condition will drastically increase in the coming 10 years. That sounds too optimistic to me. The same problem (shrinking young workforce and hellish working conditions) has been going on for a couple decades now with no end in sight. Reform seems impossible; improvement will only come when the big companies collapse and are replaced by companies run by the younger generation who don't see indentured servitude as a virtue. Because no way is anyone in the older generation going to willingly give up their feudalistic power over their employees, they'd rather see their company go bankrupt.