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Are they? Rakuten is led by a business guru and the products are subpar unless they bought them. Also Japan has a huge deficit of native engineers, so most of the engineers at this kind of companies are Chinese and Indian. Which companies are you thinking about?
i always thought the car makers and other manufacturers were engineed led. I admit i am no expert in modern Japanese business.