Leaving aside the recent downturn in its stock post-IPO, any rational analysis would see this as one of the all-time great business success stories.

FORBES: By all means.

All in all, the Japanese preference for sticking with bank or post-office deposits seems entirely rational.

ECONOMIST: Not all it should be

The notion is that industrialisation turns traditional societies into secular-rational ones, while post-industrial development brings about a shift towards values of self-expression.

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