It is not only in software that Japan has currently difficulties. It is in any domain that requires to "move fast and break thing".
Japan is excellent at incremental improvement (Kaizen) but absolutely terrible at managing disruptions.
And the reasons are exactly the ones you point out: Excessively hierarchical management practices means that mid-management will kill any evolution that is seen as a risk to them.
It is not only in software that Japan has currently difficulties. It is in any domain that requires to "move fast and break thing".
Japan is excellent at incremental improvement (Kaizen) but absolutely terrible at managing disruptions.
And the reasons are exactly the ones you point out: Excessively hierarchical management practices means that mid-management will kill any evolution that is seen as a risk to them.