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The Country That Invented the Salary Man

Japan's degree rate looks modest next to Korea's — but its vocational colleges produce some of the most precision-skilled workers on earth. In this crowd of 2,000, the story isn't who has a diploma. It's what they learned.

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Japan's university graduation rate lags behind Taiwan and Korea — but Japanese companies historically valued company loyalty and on-the-job training over credentials. The degree was never the only path.