>>105643769 (OP)>theregisterThat site just peddles drivel, and it was painful reading that article too. Most of it was just plain wrong.
>>105643802I did my postdoc in a Japanese national lab, and work culture was fine. Academia can be a bit feudal but national labs are good.
>>105643959>They're like Greeks - high working hours, barely any job done.So all the tech just so happens to make itself without any involvement from the Japanese?
Doubt.
>>105644055>post-doc works for long years before get into permanent position.That is normal. Even prestigious UK universities have kept postdocs on grass for over 15 years. And the rest of what you write seems equally dubious.
>>105644895So you refuse to learn the language and now you are astonished you remain an outsider?
>>105645036Most of my postdoc colleagues were white, a large fraction of the rest were Chinese. Do you have any experience in this at all?
>>105648692I did Nihongonouryokyshiken levels 4 and 3 and was able to get around with that.