Lighten up, Japan!

Today's blog is a message for Japan. "40 years ago, Japanese car companies can't make automatic transmission. Why Japanese automobile industry is such competent now?" A professor Isao Nakatani gave viewers a reason for it on TV tonight. He said the major reason for it is Japan-civilization, "one-civilization in one country" featured us, our feature never changed and will never change, we are not Chinese, we are not Americans, we have been being Japanese, and the constancy allowed us to assimilate other culture's things, and we have a great deal of curiosity. etc.



Although his opinion is obviously a ready-made ideas, I think his opinion is not far off. He also said "Japanese business managers will fail to figure out why their company's products are competent if they don't see about Japan's tradition.". Also according to the professor, in books about business administration only mention about business maneuvers, but we should think about the feature of Japan's civilization.



These years, I often hear such opinion by informed people. I think the reason simply comes from the fact that Japanese lose our confidence a bit these years.



But in 19th century, Japan already began to make some most competent products and we won against Russia. In early 20th century, Japan's naval engineering become one of most competent. Zero fighter is one of ex-strongest air fighter. It is Japan. I guess current China's developing is very slow as compared to imperial Japan because we started since age of Cyonmage(Samurai's topknot). Japan took only about 30 years to make a first latest products while China took about 140 years and appear to still doesn't make it. Might be they made it but it took more than 100 years. Japanese should get confidence up more. We had to frustrate but we reestablished our country soon as if the Kamikaze blew.



I never say Japan is greatest because I think there is not the greatest country in the world. But Japan is also a great country. I am glad that I was born in Japan. I hope they don't feel pessimistic about our future. There is an assumption. If we don't strong on our good tradition, I don't assure of our future. Always Japanese are overly negative while we have a good tradition as "self-questioning". I think Japanese baffle in front of the door called as future because not a few Japanese have lost sight of principle as "Japan".



I'm reading Xunzi these days. To be continued.



I took the photo. It is me in Second Life.