best thing i learned today:Ā āThe Loud Americanā role in Japanese businesses
nobody asked but imma explain anyway
no idea how it came up, but my programming prof was talking about his friend who works for Nintendo Japan whoās secondary role is The Loud American, and my prof explained what that was and how it came about
see, in Japan you do not talk back to your boss. you just donāt, even if they have stupid ideas and want the company to act on them. Like Nissan did sometime back. But since the other employees couldnāt do anything about this terrible idea that would ruin the company, they called in an American who had no reservations about telling the boss that their stupid idea was a stupid idea
and thatās just become a role in Japanese businesses, where they keep an American on staff who plays up the American stereotype and tells the boss what the Japanese employees canāt or wonāt out of societal norms
dream job.
I know what i wanna do now
Every single thing I learn about modern cultural exchange between america and Japan delights me.
