You ask: "I wonder how the salaryman culture gels with the Japanese being so innovative." But that was answered above: "You presided over a corporate bankrup

You ask: "I wonder how the salaryman culture gels with the Japanese being so innovative." But that was answered above: "You presided over a corporate bankruptcy? Oh dear. That's even worse than a personal bankruptcy. Not only did you fail personally, you ruined the lives of people to whom you owed society's highest form of loyalty." They are highly motivated to engage in enough innovation so as to stave off bankruptcy.