(New) What to say when asked what you do As long as we view occupations in terms of expertise, there is no such occupation as a corporate employee: one’s occupation would be defined by the fi… 2025-07-22 Noriyuki Morimoto The leisured but unhappy life of “window-side people” In a company, many employees end up not being promoted to senior management positions. Under Japan’s seniority system in the past, such sidelined empl… 2025-07-07 Noriyuki Morimoto Creation is a shift in values The source of creation in modern society is desire. The capitalist economy has grown with desire as its fuel, and has developed dramatically through t… 2025-04-28 Noriyuki Morimoto The absurdity of a promotion-above-all value system Once upon a time in Japan, corporate employees destined to end their careers without attaining executive positions were called the “window-side tribe.… 2025-03-17 Noriyuki Morimoto Working to put food on the table is a necessary evil, which makes it productive As long as we live, we always consume, and as long as we are consuming, we are always earning income to fund our consumption. Therefore, if occupation… 2025-02-03 Noriyuki Morimoto When you make your purpose in life your profession Each person has various aspects of self. The self as a member of a family, the self as an active member of a local community, the self as a member of … 2025-01-06 Noriyuki Morimoto Why do we talk about occupation to describe ourselves? Why do people refer to their occupation to explain who they are? To start with, what is an occupation? As long as we live, we will always consume t… 2024-08-19 Noriyuki Morimoto When asked your occupation, say whatever you want People need income to live and work to earn income. Since there are many different ways to work and many different types of work, when asked about occ… 2024-06-24 Noriyuki Morimoto The ingenuity of the right kind of wrongdoing in Saikaku’s story The following is a story from Ihara Saikaku's Buke Giri Monogatari (Stories of samurai ethics). Aoto Fujitsuna, who had lost some small coins in the r… 2024-05-27 Noriyuki Morimoto Common sense for a bank, absurdity for society Organizations exist as accumulations of countless rules and regulations, detailed action procedures, and bundles of slips, forms, and templates that a… 2024-05-13 Noriyuki Morimoto 12»
