There’s an atmosphere at work that you have to work long hours and you shouldn’t leave the office on time, resulting in a lack of sleep and making it difficult for workers to keep up productivity.

It's because everyone is 100 years old following 200 year old policies. The word is CHANGE, but the aftermath is CAN'T.

The bubble only popped a quarter century ago. Give these older Japanese men a few more years to adapt to the global economy. They're really progressive, they just need time. No need to promote younger workers based on merit or accept foreign workers or ideas. The status quo is working so well.

What's that word that means doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Why are Japanese workers viewed as non-productive? What encourages low productivity?

From wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_hour_worked

• 1. Norway

• 2. Luxembourg

• 3. The United States

Japan's rank:

• 19. Barbados

• 20. Italy

• 21. Japan

From Time (2015): http://time.com/4621185/worker-productivity-countries/

• 1. Luxembourg

• 2. Ireland

• 3. Norway

Japan's rank:

• 18. Canada

• 19. Iceland

• 20. Japan

You are right Junko. 100%

Junko?

Slavery at its best.