Re: Bad Financial news out of Japan, both economy and finance minister sick.
Actually, it's the modern equivalent of Seppuku (even called that from what I understand). He'll never get a high profile job again, execs who embarass their companies can go from exec to homeless wanderer in a matter of months. He's the equivalent of a walking ghost. Unlike in the U.S. if your idea goes to pot, if you are in charge you have to resign, and you're considered bad goods forever and no one wants you around. BTW, so far it seems to only apply to men, if a woman makes a business mistake, it's sort of considered to be she made a mistake in her hobby - so a substantial percentage of entrepreneurs in Japan are women because oddly, they are allowed culturally take the risk.
It's one of the reasons Japan doesn't lead in basic research, failure is hard to escape.
"All the prophets of Doom, Can always find room, In a world full of worry and fear..." - Protest Song, Monty Python
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