During the imperial restoration period, the Samuri were a big problem for modernizing Japan... so to settle with them the Empire offered to trade their tittles and lands for economic rights and powers. Hence most current Japanese megecorps started as Samuri retirement programs.
Honda traces back to the restoration period. It is typical of Japanese companies in that it has a branch for everything, electronics, heavy industry, real estate, finances, entertainment and so on
If you work for Sony Gaming Japan, you don't have to live in a Sony own appartment, but you can. If you had worked at Battleship Island on the coal mine, all staff lived there until it shut down
The last generation of Samuri got some good deals, but they used their and by extension their staff's expertise to expand and diversify over the decades
as a niners fan... f*ck kaepernick. a half decent quarterback capable of reading a defensive formation or throwing to anyone but the first read would have won that super bowl. that's all i have to say about him.
In many ways I am displeased with how the US educational system is taking up the Japanese ethos of "Conform, don't stand out, be a follower, not a leader"
