I have had a long standing cultural fascination with Japan, that included over a dozen trips, and 9 months of living there. Some observations: 1) He's true o

I have had a long standing cultural fascination with Japan, that included over a dozen trips, and 9 months of living there. Some observations: 1) He's true on who to hire. At one firm I worked for, the women were MUCH more competent than the men. Why? Because they couldn't compete for the male top graduates with Sony, Phillips and Toyota, but they could get the top women. They also have their share of misfits and a group of folks who flip between multinationals. It seems to work. 2) You can never be Japanese if you aren't born Japanese in Japan, so the large company policies just won't make sense. As others have stated, best to work for multinationals. 3) The stereotypes become less and less true over time. Are the business steretypes of the US in the 70s and 80s still true today?