I think it is not that Japanese culture is risk-averse, but that doing startup in Japan is actually more risky. These two are not the same statement. No, they'

I think it is not that Japanese culture is risk-averse, but that doing startup in Japan is actually more risky. These two are not the same statement. No, they're not the same; however, I think both are largely true Japan. The culture is risk-averse in that no one wants to be wrong or different, or to be labeled wrong or different, to the extent that their reliance on consensus and avoidance of commitment and confrontation can fairly be called risk aversion. Part of the risk of attempting a startup in Japan is that it marks you as a nonconformist, particularly in terms of your employment history. The drastically reduced chances of finding stable employment if you spend any time outside of the corporate world during your working life very reasonably feed risk aversion.