Pure and Simple, They are the most Stubborn people on the planet.
But I dont mean that is a bad way, even with all its downside, I still view it as a good thing.
It is their stubbornness to not give in to crap and sloppiness. Always over engineering it, and made it uncompetitive again all other product in pricing. Not willing to adopt to market situation, as they believe in their design and system being better or "right".
Most of the Japanese companies manage to remain competitive only after they moved the production out of Japan. But while they say they have the same QA in place, in reality none of the product make outside of Japan of the same brand are anywhere as good as if they were Made in Japan.
Wouldn't this idea support the idea that the appreciation of the yen made these industries uncompetitive in the global market? Foreign production would be more likely dealing in foreign currency, shielding them from shocks to the yen.
But I dont mean that is a bad way, even with all its downside, I still view it as a good thing.
It is their stubbornness to not give in to crap and sloppiness. Always over engineering it, and made it uncompetitive again all other product in pricing. Not willing to adopt to market situation, as they believe in their design and system being better or "right".
Most of the Japanese companies manage to remain competitive only after they moved the production out of Japan. But while they say they have the same QA in place, in reality none of the product make outside of Japan of the same brand are anywhere as good as if they were Made in Japan.