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Why is Japan So Weak in Software?

Asianometry

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Asianometry analyzes the historical, cultural, and structural reasons why Japan's software industry struggled despite its massive success in hardware.

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What people say. Recommended as an insightful analysis of the structural issues, low prestige of programming, and outsourcing culture in the Japanese software industry.

ambyraon Hacker News • Recommends

On “A mistake that killed Japan's software industry? (2023)”

link to this video Asianometry has a good one on this. They’ve become dependent on US software (and hardware), and programming is considered a low prestige job.
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smcleodon Hacker News • Recommends

On “KOReader”

Japanese software and software technology culture is amongst the worst in the world. They're famous for failing to adopt modern ways of working, tools and as an industry is seriously struggling. There's fantastic video in this from Asianometry: link to this video
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begueradjon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Olivetti Programma 101: At the Origins of the Personal Computer”

At least Italy is still interesting when it comes to software development. Unlike Japan which had a good start but it is not that good anymore ( link to this video )
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erieon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past (2023)”

Perhaps a look at Japanese software development will give an interesting look into the subject, not sure how accurate this one is link to this video Then there is politics and a controversial one is mentioned here. ''US spy agencies began recruiting former fascists and Nazi collaborators. US officials freed Class A Japanese war criminals from prison, some of whom went on to lead the government in Tokyo.Many of these figures were involved in founding the right-wing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has essentially run Japan as a one-party state since 1955 (excluding a mere five years of opposition rule).A textbook example of this was Nobusuke Kishi, a notorious war criminal who ran the Japanese empi…
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