The image of Japanese*People as Diligent

The image of Japanese People
as Diligent: Reality or Myth?
Mai Shinzato
旭化成建材、マンション傾斜で全国調査へ
横浜市で大型マンションが傾き、基礎の杭（くい）打ち工事で虚偽デー
タが使われていたことが分かった。工事を担当した旭化成建材は、謝
罪するとともに、過去に手掛けた杭打ち工事を調査する方針を示した。
総数は45都道府県の3040件に及ぶ。
ー日本経済新聞 2015/10/23
横浜市のマンション傾斜問題で謝罪する旭化成の浅野社長
(左)と旭化成建材の前田社長（20日午後、東京都千代田区）
Outline
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Introduction
Defining Terms
Evidence for Reality
Evidence for Myth
Analysis
Conclusion
2. Defining Terms
The image of Japanese People as Diligent:
Reality or Myth?
・Diligent(＝勤勉): someone who is diligent works hard
and is careful and thorough(=careful to do things
properly so that you avoid mistakes)
→ Top word of self-image
The image of Japanese People as Diligent:
Reality or Myth?
• Reality: What actually happens or is true, not what is
imagined or thought.
• Myth: An idea or story that many people believe, but
which is not true.
Do Japanese people work as hard as they are said?
or
Are Japanese people misunderstood and do not
actually work so hard?
Outline
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Introduction
Defining Terms
Evidence for Reality
Evidence for Myth
Analysis
Conclusion
3. Evidence for Reality
3.1 Work for Long Hours without Holidays
3.2 Karoshi
3.1 Work for Long Hours without Holidays
Figure1 労働者一人平均年間総実労働時間の国際比較 2012
出典：OECD Employment Outlook 2012
Table1 労働者一人平均年間総実労働時間の国際比較 2012
Do Japanese people work出典：OECD
as hard
as they
are said?
Employment
Outlook 2012
or
Are Japanese people misunderstood and do not
actually work so hard?
Figure2 有給休暇支給日数と消化率２０１３
Do Japanese people work as hard as they are said?
or
Are Japanese people misunderstood and do not
actually work so hard?
Harris Interactive, 2013
3.2 Karoshi
・Karoshi: death from overwork
Do
Japanese
people
work
as
hard
as
they
are
said?
In 2013, ２、３８６ people
or
・東京都 24歳男性の場合
Are Japanese people misunderstood and do not
午前７時出社、午後10時帰宅
actually work so hard?
月100時間以上残業
仕事でミスをした直後に首つり自殺
Outline
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2
3
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Introduction
Defining Terms
Evidence for Reality
Evidence for Myth
Analysis
Conclusion
4.Evidence for Myth
4.1 University Students
4.2 Past
４．１ University Students
Figure3 授業に関連する学修の時間（1週間あたり）日米の大学1年生の比較 2007
日本
9.70%
57.10%
18.40%
14.80%
0時間
0.30%
アメリカ
15.30%
26%
1－5時間
58.40%
6－10時間
11時間以上
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
0時間
アメリカ
0.30%
日本
9.70%
1－5時間
15.30%
57.10%
6－10時間
26%
18.40%
11時間以上
58.40%
14.80%
90%
：東京大学大学経営政策研究センター（CRUMP)『全国大学生調査』2007年、サンプル数44,905人
http://ump.p.u-tokyo.ac.jp/crump/ NSSE（The National Survey of Student Engagement）
100%
４．２ Past
• Reports by German missionaries in Japan, end of 19th
century
“The steady, systematic work to which we Nordic people were
educated
is unknown
here on
the average.
Do Japanese
people
work
as hard“ as they are said?
“The Japanese worker is hardly willing
to submit himself to the
or
military discipline which according to our standards must rule
Are
Japanese
people
misunderstood
and
do
not
the modern factory. He takes his holiday whenever he likes, he
comes and goes as actually
he pleases,work
and ifso
he hard?
is scolded for such
behavior, he leaves the company.”
Source：Culture & Communication Reading Room
Outline
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Introduction
Defining Terms
Evidence for Reality
Evidence for Myth
Analysis
Conclusion
3.1 Work for Long Hours without Holidays
Figure4 労働生産性水準 2012
出典：METI
3.2 Karoshi
Figure5 ニート状態の若者の推移 2013
4.1 University students
出典：東洋経済online
4.2 Past
勤勉な
勤勉な
出典：電通
Outline
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Introduction
Defining Terms
Evidence for Reality
Evidence for Myth
Analysis
Conclusion
The answer is…
3.1 Work for long hour without holidays→×
3.2 Karoshi
→△
4.1 University students
→○
4.2 Past
→×
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