We cannot even imitate, let alone emulate Japanese efficiency

30 years ago, we looked East towards Japan before, advised by Dr. Mahathir. But like everybody else, we probably only see the sun every morning instead.

Japan fixed cracked roads in 6 days, rest of the world drop jaws

The amazing things about Japan at times really made us respect them. The culture and the ethics of the Japanese are things worth learning. When the 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan, their roads cracked, and cracked roads are stopping or slowing down transportation of food and supplies to critical areas hit by the tsunami. Therefore Nexco Japan, the company that is responsible to repair the affected roads and highway of Kanto area. It took the company mere six days to repair and reconstruct a terribly damaged Kanto Highway, and the pictures speak for themselves.

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