Japanese culture

Older Japanese Worker

Americans Should Know That In Japan Older Workers Are Paid To Sit By The Window And Do Nothing. Would That Ever Work In The United States?

While companies in the United States and Europe push workers for ever higher productivity and demand stricter office schedules, corporate Japan has spent decades doing something very different—paying older employees to show up, sit by the window, and…do pretty much nothing.
March 13, 2026 Jesse Singer

Japanese Vs American Work Culture

There are many differences between Japanese and American work culture—including the extreme workplace practice that is fatal to employees.
January 14, 2025 Andrew Matthesson