Comments on: Joshi-Mane: Female Manager Sensation in Japan

By: Skyeaten

Skyeaten — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 07:48:00 +0000

I guess I like the idea that DWANGO is finding a less sever/strict way of trying to encourage their employes to work hard and be on time. It’s just unfortunate that Japan has never really minded the using the opposite sex as eye candy to do this. Besides most these girls must be really young compared to the employees, which to me seems like it can only encourages pervs to be pervy. 情けない。

By: Wrathful

Wrathful — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:49:00 +0000

In the professional environment, people are supposed to be in professional manner, diligent and punctual. If they need to have system like DWANGO to motivate the workers, that explains how poorly trained those workers are. I always had this thought that Japanese companies are all so professional, perhaps I was wrong after all.

By: erly

erly — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:48:00 +0000

I test video games :3

By: iErika

iErika — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:20:00 +0000

My previous company requires every team to have at least one female member (I personally think it is for encouragement purposes rather than diversity). I was that one female.

By: Henro99

Henro99 — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 23:51:00 +0000

Oh, don’t apologize “for your ignorance.” I was being an ass by using an American abbreviation that you have no real reason to understand. That’s MY fault, not yours.

BBB is the Better Business Bureau – it’s common in America, and it’s basically a consumer advocate group; they rate and grade businesses and keep a database of companies that do illegal and unethical things.

This means that, even if the police can’t do anything about a company, the BBB will have a record of the bad things a company does, and you can get that information from them. So, for example, the police probably can’t do anything about DWANGO’s illegal hiring practices – but the BBB can put out a report that says, you know: “DWANGO has sexist hiring practices and is not a good business.” BBB can also give recommendations for companies that DON’T do illegal things.

Um, here’s a wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Business_Bureau

Canada probably has something similar, though I don’t think there’s anything like this in Japan. To be honest, a lot of Japanese business methods are HIGHLY illegal in America, so there are some MASSIVE cultural differences at play here. (Zaibatsu system, for example, is so unspeakably illegal in America, I can’t even put it into words.)

By: Mami

Mami — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:43:00 +0000

Thank you for your comment and sorry for my ignorance, but could you teach me what BBB stands for, please?:) Thank you.