Today’s Business Japanese is “Salaryman”.
“Salaryman” is Japan made English and foreigners do not understand it.
In English “Office Worker” has the closest meaning, but is not the same meaning.
Because the vocabulary, “Salary man” was created based on Japanese-style Business Management such as “Seniority System” and “Lifetime Employment”.
“Salary man” has the image of selfless devotion at a certain company.
“Salary man” is not selected among many persons and promoted nor is not fired.
They keep on working without speaking out their own opinion and just obey the oreder for entire life in a certain company.
Of course, I know a lot of “salary man” who speaks their own opinions and work as themselves.
I think that in order for Japan to get out of “the lost 30 years” since bubble economy collapsed Japanese presidents need to change “Life-time employment” and “Seniority System”, first. By doing so, the way of working and mindset to the job will be surely change.
