James Newton, Host wrote:
[snip]
> I won't comment on the negative things I encountered, but when it comes to
> pride in work, most people will find it hard to live up to the Japanese
> standard. At least in my experience. I am proud to share the planet with
> Inoue San's people and learn some of their ways.

I take this to be an indirect response to my previous post.

However, this is one person's we're talking about, not an entire culture. 
Are you saying that an American, a Chinese, or a New Zealander is not 
capable of achieving the same level of quality? Obviously not. Then why try 
to justify the "clean work" with "Japanese attention to packaging"?

If Seiichi held a job that was utterly pointless, would you mention the 
"Japanese inefficiency", or "Japanese lack of ingenuity"?

http://www.tema.ru/travel/japan/IMG_7177.jpg

Vitaliy 

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