Indeed, the lifetime employment system makes bosses loth to rock the boat (and means they have few other job options if they do).

终生雇佣制的确让众管理者不愿惹是生非(如果真惹事了的话，终生雇佣制度会让他们无太多机会跳槽)。

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They are also a function of a peculiar labour market with lifetime employment, a wage system based on seniority rather than performance, and little job mobility among managers.

同时这种薪酬制度也有助于维护该国特有的讲究论资排辈和缺乏流动性的终身雇佣制为基础的劳动力市场。

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Much is made of Japan's lifetime-employment system, but that hardly applies to foreigners.

日本人大多都是终生雇佣制，但那很少在外国人身上实行。

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While the lifetime employment system helps ever-fewer workers, it continues to hobble Japanese business.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Mr. Abe's 'Third Arrow'

While the lifetime employment system benefits ever-fewer workers, it continues to hobble Japanese business.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Mr. Abe's 'Third Arrow'

Seniority promotion, the lifetime employment system and the dead hand of Japanese corporate bureaucracy are all anathema to the free-wheeling stock-option culture that attracts Chinese businessmen these days.

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