Compared to other countries, Japanese employees tend to continue working at the same companies longer. Especially at traditional Japanese companies, there is a lifetime employment system in Japan. It is a unique system. Typical Japanese white-collar workers choose the companies which they work when they are junior or senior students. There is also a...
Japanese college students don’t study so much.
As I explained in the previous article, it is very hard to pass the entrance exam for Japanese colleges. The University Entrance Examination System in Japan So Japanese students study so hard before entering colleges. But after entering the colleges, averaged Japanese students don’t study so much. There are some reasons of that. ...
The University Entrance Examination System in Japan
Japanese universities entrance examination system is almost written tests. Unlike the Western universities, it doesn’t require interviews, GPA scores, admission essays, letters of recommendation. That is, it doesn’t evaluate humanity at all. The candidates are evaluate only by scores of the entrance exams. So, Japanese students study very hard especially after they become third-year...
Japan is a paradise for consumers!
I have traveled to over 20 countries around the world. And I lived in New York for 6 months. Based on such experiences, I can assert that Japan is a paradise for consumers. Because the prices are very low in Japan despite the high quality. Foods are cheap but delicious. Although you don’t have...
Japanese Salarymen work so hard!
After graduating grad school of engineering, I started working at a big Japanese company as a software engineer. I had worked there for 8 years. It was severe experience. I had worked from 9 am to 11 pm almost everyday(!). In addition, I had worked on Saturday or Sunday sometimes. And I even worked...