so little free time. only working working working.
It's a myth. fucked up quality of life yes, "hard working working working" nope.
Typical white colar jap: gets up around 7AM, takes about an hour and a half to get to the office, gets there around 9:30 10, then gets off at 5:30, maybe 6PM then hits the "bistro" because the subway shit is packed until 8PM with the "boys", hence the "work" culture, then gets home around 9 or so...
I've been there while working for Motorola... I've been to Sony's, Toshiba, LSI... all same routine... maybe it's just high tech... but still