A foreigner, I live and work in Japan, visiting companies large and small. I agree with this sentiment in principle. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with J

A foreigner, I live and work in Japan, visiting companies large and small. I agree with this sentiment in principle. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with Japan's system. Indeed it has in the past brought wealth to the whole society. Nevertheless, right now, this model is failing hard. What is needed now is for Japanese people and companies to invent the future. Instead they seem to be waiting for a new model to follow, which they assume will come from outside. Japan is capable of huge transformational change in a short time, but it prefers to wait until no alternative remains. While some other societies, tend to have their (r)evolutions one entrepreneur at a time.