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I feel like I remember he complained that Japan would likely fall behind by their best and brightest going outside Japan knowing that inside they would not be compensated.

My search-fu is failing though. I did find this interview

https://www.jsap.or.jp/jsapi/Pdf/Number02/Interview.pdf

a good leader need to be humble enough to spot when they are wrong and correct course. This guy sounds like he had control issues, and kept a grudge. very childish behavior.

There's little of that to go around in Japan. They strongly subscribe to power structures (see Senpai-Kohai) - seniors are unimpeachable and highly respected.

Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory isa interesting read about this.

Thank you, will check it out

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