“Since the 1970s, Japanese quality has become a byword, and many a book and article has been penned on the subject of Kaizen, ‘improvement,’ a form of corporate culture in which employers encourage their workers to submit ideas that will… — Alex Kerr Copy Share Image
“Why has pachinko swept Japan? It can hardly be the excitement of gambling, since the risks and rewards are so small. During the hours spent in front of a pachinko machine, there is an almost total lack of stimulation other than the occasional rush of ball bearings. There is no thought, no movement; you have no control over the flow… — Alex Kerr Copy Share
“Creo que lo único que quieres hacer cuando realmente has amado algo es transmitir su recuerdo a otros.” — Alex Kerr Copy Share Image
“Tatemae is a charming attitude when it means that everyone should look at the other way at a guest’s faux pas in the tearoom;… — Alex Kerr Copy Share Image
“Since the 1970s, Japanese quality has become a byword, and many a book and article has been penned on the subject of Kaizen, ‘improvement,’… — Alex Kerr Copy Share Image
“. . . Japan has a fundamental problem with information itself: it’s often lacking, and when it does exist, is fuzzy at its best,… — Alex Kerr Copy Share Image
“It is not, of course, only the Japanese who find flat sterile surfaces attractive and kirei. Foreign observers, too, are seduced by the crisp… — Alex Kerr Copy Share Image
“As a matter of historical fact, Japan has suffered far less from wars, famines, and floods than China, for example, where these disasters have… — Alex Kerr Copy Share Image
“No foreign architect of stature, such as I. M. Pei, resides in Japan. Foreign architects come to Japan on short-term contracts, erect a skyscraper… — Alex Kerr Copy Share Image
