In the relatively new market of video services in Japan, one clearly stands above the rest. But you might be surprised what it is.
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Our veteran salaryman-turned-reporter gives his idea for the one thing that has to change before Japan will stop working itself to death.
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Majority of participants who don’t live with Mom and Dad are losing money while they work in the anime industry.
According to Yoshitada Fukuhara, anime may be the only thing left to save Japan’s economy.
Thanks in part to paying employees more, CEO Sarah Cassanova has put the chain back on top like never before.
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If an interplanetary warlord can’t land a job in this economy what hopes do the rest of us have?
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