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World Service,2 mins

SeriesSuccess and Failure in Medicine

How did Japan’s unique work culture come about?

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Richard Holti from the Open University explains how social conditions in post-war Japan created a recipe for success (Photo: Toyota engine assembly line in 1953. Credit: Toyota Motor Corporation)

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