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【Although this may be just nostalgia for monster cars】 Nissan GT-R (R32) and Mercedes Benz 500E. These monster cars were born in around the same time (around 1990). Such mosters will never appear on the market again in this ecological ...

We are a nation that is both deeply pragmatic and quietly spiritual. We have three times more shrines than convenience stores. Natsu Matsuri is essential, not for the gods, but for workplace harmony—and convincing ourselves that summer is finally, truly over.

Why is Japan's most polite question—"Do you have a minute?"—the biggest productivity killer? I dissect the high-context culture of the Japanese office, where "Wa" equals mutual surveillance. I argue this constant interruption forces a cognitive shift that minimizes deep work, and propose a flexible design solution to fight the deadly disease of loneliness—or failing that, a strategic escape ticket to Tokyo.

They always bring up a gap in wages between large companies and SME in order to claim the low productivity of SME, but I think the cause and effect are reversed in their argument. Large companies in a better position in competition pay more salaries to their employees. Their better salaries make them look better in productivity. I've worked for large companies before and found SME are more desperate to increase productivity because it's a more serious life-or-death issue for SME.

If you eat with a fork, you might be an avant-garde designer finishing a shirt with salad dressing. Explore the humorous world of Japanese "chopstick monogamy," the terrifying social pressure of proper technique, and how a nation's obsession with wooden textures defined the soul of CondeHouse furniture.

【A hardship destined for Japanese workers】 You won't read to the end of this article because the average human attention span is down to only eight seconds. It's one second shorter than that of goldfish. I remember I read many articles...

Can laziness save your company? Starting with the challenge of defining life (like the virus test), I pivot to the Worker Ant Theory, which suggests every team needs a 20% "lazy reserve" to build resilience. I analyze the potential fragility of our highly efficient Hokkaido factory and propose the bold solution: strategic resource allocation—starting with me leaving the office early.

The hidden rule of wrapping is driven by anxiety: I feel terrible if I force someone to perform instantaneous joy. We joke that Japanese gift packaging is more expensive than the contents. The wrapping is an extension of the giver's dedication; destroying it is impolite.

If Japanese culture is defined by one word, it’s "adaptation." We celebrate Christmas as a 6.5 billion USD economic event despite only 1% of the population being Christian—we adopted the party, ignored the religion. Similarly, after 1,200 years of banning meat, we rapidly evolved beef culture, tripling the fat percentage in 20 years to create Wagyu. Though the history of the chair in Japan is short, our centuries-old high-skill woodworking tradition has transformed this foreign concept into uniquely refined furniture. We didn't invent the chair, but we perfected the craft that builds it.

【Respect for nature, the core spirit of Japanese food】 UNESCO listed washoku (Japanese traditional cuisine) as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013. I think many Japanese people seem to misunderstand the key point of the event. They...