Japan demonstrated very strong trend in avoiding uncertainty.

“Uncertainty Avoidance Index” is defined as “a philosophy of value of not generally tolerating, relying on experts, nationalism, conservative, powerless to politics and bad feeling on themselves while the rules and laws are not obeyed.”

Another explanation to this index is also written: “Feel sick to uncertainty and diversity and tend to avoid.”

Which are exactly I strongly feel in my daily life in Japan.

“Not causing problem is everything.”

This is required everywhere in Japanese society.

For instances,

Everybody tends to be the same. While job hunting, everyone wears black suit, white shirt, black shoes and takes black bags with black hair, because difference in appearance may cause some problem of being not teamworkable.

Rules in business meetings are fixed.

There is always an order of seats to show the different attitudes of being more respected or less respected. It can be tragedy to arrange a wrong seat.
Obeying rules are always with higher priority than thinking and moving by yourself.

Risk is required to be unbelievable low before making a decision.
All these demonstrate that Japanese are not good at uncertainty.

Which leads to poor environment for entrepreneurs.

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