Japanese's 10 Secrets To Success

[FouGilang 0]

1. Work HARD

Japanese people are HARD workers. The average employee working hours in Japan is 2450 hours / year (about 8 hours per day, plus 1 hours of rest). Going Home quickly is something that can be said "embarrassing" in Japan, and indicates that these employees are "NOT required".

 

2. Shame

Shame is the ancestral culture and the Japanese people from generation to generation. Harakiri (suicide by sticking a knife into the own stomach) becomes a ritual since the era of the samurai when they lost in the battle. Into the modern world, it discourse a little change to the "resign" for the officials who failed in his duty.

 

3. Economic

The Japanese have the spirit of economical live. This Excessive anti-consumerism attitude is visible in many areas of life. Don't get amazed if you see the number of Japanese people who busy shopping at the supermarket at around 19:30 hours, because that is the time of the huge discount!

 

4. Loyal

Slightly different from the system in other countries, there is a very rare chance that Japanese moved to other companies. This might be the implications to the fact that most of the industry in Japan would only accept fresh graduate, then train and educate them in accordance with its core business companies.

 

5. Innovation

Japan is not an inventor, but the Japanese do have the competence of combining those inventions and then marketed in the form which interest the public.

For example, Tape Cassete not invented by Sony, the patent is owned by Phillips Electronics company. But the one who successful to develope and bundle the portable as a product that boom for decades was Akio Morita, founder and CEO of Sony at that time.

 

6. Never Surrender

History proves that the Japanese nation is one of the robust and unyielding nation. Their lack of natural resources (it is said that 85% of japan energy comes from Japan other countries) does not make Japan surrender. Even after The series of disasters occurred in the year 1945, the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan lost the war, major earthquake in Tokyo, Japan is not finished. Which is also quite unique that the science where one must learn from these failures, began formulated in Japan with the name "shippaigaku" (the science of failure).

 

7. Reading Culture

Do not be surprised if you come to Japan and into the electric train, most of the passengers both children and adults,no matter if they sit or stand, are reading books or newspapers. Many of them use their time to read. The Japanese reading culture is also supported by the speed in the process of translation of foreign books. Usually the Japanese translation of the book is available in a few weeks of when the foreign books published.

 

8. Cooperation

The Culture in Japan did not accommodate the work that is too individualistic. Including the claims of work achievement, usually it is reserved for their team or group. Working in groups may be one of the greatest strengths of the Japanese. The conference to reach the final group decision is a must.

 

9. Independent

From an early age children are trained to be independent. each child was trained to bring their own equipment, and are responsible for their own belongings. After graduated from High school and went off to college, most off them do not ask the fees to their parents, but relies on part-time work for school fees and daily life. If they do run out of money, they "borrow" money to the parents and then they will return it in the next month.

 

10. Respect

Technological and economic development does not make the Japanese lose their tradition and culture. The Culture that "married women do not work" is still going on up to this day.

The culture of apologize is still refelected on the japanese. Japanese are avoiding the word "No" to receive an offer from someone else. So we must be careful, "hai" (yes) is not always "yes" for the Japanese.

 

taken and edited from: Komunitas Berani Gagal (Dare to Fail Community).

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Edited December 13, 2009 by FouGilang (see edit history)

[mahesh2k 0]

You should put it in quote if you have taken it from other sources. Moderators will do that anyway. So from next time if you are copy pasting something put it in quotes else you'll receive warning. And will lose mycents as well.

[FouGilang 0]

Yeah, i was thinking that i should quote them. But then again i DID write the post myself, so i'll leave it to the moderators.Anyway, This is the core of their 45 minutes of dictate on my note.

[nolan 0]

I'd say it's a bit more than 'slghtly' different. In Japan, it's not uncommon to bring your entire family to meet your employer when you get a new job after graduation, and the job you get tends to last you the rest of your life.

 

The cultural differences extend into the rest of their business model, as well. For example, during international business meetings with Japan, it is considered highly disrespectful to send officers from your firm of a different rank to those of the Japanese firm, or for the number of officers from each firm to be unequal.

 

4. Loyal

Slightly different from the system in other countries, there is a very rare chance that Japanese moved to other companies. This might be the implications to the fact that most of the industry in Japan would only accept fresh graduate, then train and educate them in accordance with its core business companies.