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Tragicomical Life Of The Japanese Businessmen That I Captured While Traveling In Japan
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My name is David Tesinsky. When I was visiting Japan I made series of images inspired by Japanese businessmen. I named it after my favorite band's song: Kraftwerk: "The Man-Machine". I found it fitting because the Japanese businessmen are a lot like the robots.
For years they would go out drinking with colleagues and clients, returning home drunk at 2 am before rising at dawn to head back to the office. Sometimes they just sleep in the streets because they cannot afford a taxi as they are only the sheep of the huge corporates. They work daily 14 hours or even more.
They are walking in the streets like ghosts self centered deeply focused at their own career that isn't very bright but their visions are different. "Only 5 more years and I will get to the higher position in this neverending pyramid".
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Sleeping Everywhere On Friday Night
Sleeping In The Streets After Drinking With Colleagues Or Clients
Subway Mood
Night Out
Subway
Stress Relief
Night Out
After Night Out
Many Japanese Doesn't Have Time For A Relationship Because Of Their Career
Yes indeed. There is even a crisis in Japan of people who are no longer interested in getting married, having children or having sex. Yes, sex... Their way of living practically turns them off.
Busy Train
People
Crowd
Self Centred Style
Subway
Late Night
Full
Isn't there a problem of Japanese girls getting groped in the subway?
Mirror View
Subway
These photos are very nice, well done, really. My husband is Japanese.
This exemplifies the shortcomings of Japanese society. Work profession is "Ichiban", and the family is last. Even drinking, and carousing, comes before their married life. In fact, their activities cause them to be less productive at work, because they spend too much time there, and don't get proper sleep. Its lose-lose for everyone, but mostly for the wives. No wonder they would love to have a good man in their life. 😞
The drinking part is often a part of their work. You're kinda forced by societal norms to go drink with your bosses and colleagues, it's obligatory.
Having a drink; not to get DRUNK.
As a Japanese person I would like to comment and make sure people understand that this does not describe all of Japanese working conditions. In fact, many women in Japan do marry "good" men because some women enjoy being housewives. Growing up I visited many friends houses with a working father and housewife household and it was always a good atmosphere. The wife respects the husband in the sense that he is the only person who obtains money, and in turn the husband respects that the wife manages everything in the household besides money (taking care of children, finances, groceries, cooking, cleaning) I think that in the end the workload is equal between husband and wife. There are also stay at home dads in some cases so it's not that women are forced into this sort of arrangement like what some people are assuming. In addition, I think that all societies have the good and bad. Does the U.S. really promote productivity and family when the divorce rate is close to 50 percent?
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/28/national/social-issues/house-husbands-gaining-acceptance-japan-gender-stereotypes-ease/#.WaUWh8jXfCQ
Wow. That is quite unsettling and kind of sad. Go to work, get out after half a day, then pass out in street after drinking booze with colleagues, and again the same from the start ... no wonder that there is so high suicide rate in Japan. This is no life.
Get out after half a day? More like... After the whole day.
That statement of work-sleep-repeat could be applied to most countries.
But without the mandatory bonus time with people you should tolerate durring workhours.
Usually they only go out and drink on friday nights. They can't sustain an "every day" life of drinking.
Some of those are kinda sad. :(
Feminism isn't just about women. Japan is well known for having some of the longest work weeks with little time for family or relationships. Women are expected to stay at home once they have had children, but the population is rapidly decreasing and it is an issue for Japan's economy because the men literally work to much to get married and have children. Hate working so damn much that your life is a living hell and you go home alone after drinking all night? Try equal rights and get a partner who can contribute equally.
The population problem and women not having kids is not only caused by the long work hours. There are equal rights under law and the Japanese government has implemented many benefits to having children to tackle this problem. Furthermore, a lot of the choice of women not having children is caused by the comfort of living at home. Japanese people tend to live at home with parents until marriage unless their hometown is far away. This means that there is less of a push towards independence. There are many sides and reasons towards different societal problems that should not be assumed based on one bored panda posting of pictures.
the stark difference, no one will bother you in japan. try sleeping anywhere in the USA or UK etc, like these guys are doing. here come the cops to remove you or thugs to rob you.
Well this is one of the most depressing posts in a while lol. Keep it up.
that is a lie , my sister lives in japan and in japan the industry of sex toys make millions, japanese people don't married because 1.- social pressure - in japan being a single mother is bad people criticized single parents because society is very conservative , married a non japanese too is a not so accepted so imagine a boy or girl fall in love with a korean the family will always oppose to the marriage 2-pressure of family lays on men , if you fail to had a job society see you as a failure to your family and society so many men prefer to remain single. 3-cost of life japanese men are the ones that work women left they careers to raise kids, so again men are afraid of fail because japanese society requires you to always win they see failure as the worst . is not like americans 20 with kids and unmarried or living together/ live with parents ,receive unemployment, food stamps and nobody said nothing in japan people like that are see as a shame to the family and loser of society.
次の日が休みだから友人と飲んで酔っ払っているだけだよ
次の日が休みで友人と飲んで酔っ払っているだけだよ
It used to be under the guise of nationalism, why people in Japan had to work so hard. It's no wonder why many Asians (not just Japanese) try to settle in the west...they want something better for their kids.
Even when drinking or hanging out they dont look too happy.it sorta looks like they never get enough sleep at home?
Some of the girls you happened to photograph had some really cute outfits. \(*3*)/
WHYYYY would anybody want to "live" like this?
You really should not capture Japanese businessmen, it's not nice.
Some amazing pictures, it's true to say they're the workers who die slowly to make sure their country looks good in the business magazines. It's so sad though to think they do all that work and never get to relax or enjoy the reward for the efforts they've made.💕 😢 💔 🙍🏽 🙎🏽 💜 😞 💝 💀
They do get to relax its just that this photographer is no showing Pictures of families vacationing. Keep in mind that there are tons of people/families vacationing to all parts of the world during Japanese holidays. I just want to remind people to not assume something about a society based on a one sided view
Very sad, this is the only country that has a "Suicide Forest" men just tired and take their life
Tiredness is only one of the reasons that people commit suicide in Japan. The main cause stems from the Japanese culture of not bothering people about their problems. In the west we are encouraged and seek counceling and therapy.
This makes me 😭
I think I belong somewhere in Asia
I hope that Japan will somehow manage to reinvent itself. This is no way to live.
I love the Japanese culture and its people, but this over working has got to stop. I admire a strong work ethic but not at the expensive of a personal life.
There is a reason why "salaryman" became a meme there.
They look more like corpo rats than businessmen to me xDD
i envy these photographs :(
Hope to see a smiling face on the street
This is so unfair...
Tragic society...
This exemplifies the shortcomings of Japanese society. Work profession is "Ichiban", and the family is last. Even drinking, and carousing, comes before their married life. In fact, their activities cause them to be less productive at work, because they spend too much time there, and don't get proper sleep. Its lose-lose for everyone, but mostly for the wives. No wonder they would love to have a good man in their life. 😞
The drinking part is often a part of their work. You're kinda forced by societal norms to go drink with your bosses and colleagues, it's obligatory.
Having a drink; not to get DRUNK.
As a Japanese person I would like to comment and make sure people understand that this does not describe all of Japanese working conditions. In fact, many women in Japan do marry "good" men because some women enjoy being housewives. Growing up I visited many friends houses with a working father and housewife household and it was always a good atmosphere. The wife respects the husband in the sense that he is the only person who obtains money, and in turn the husband respects that the wife manages everything in the household besides money (taking care of children, finances, groceries, cooking, cleaning) I think that in the end the workload is equal between husband and wife. There are also stay at home dads in some cases so it's not that women are forced into this sort of arrangement like what some people are assuming. In addition, I think that all societies have the good and bad. Does the U.S. really promote productivity and family when the divorce rate is close to 50 percent?
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/28/national/social-issues/house-husbands-gaining-acceptance-japan-gender-stereotypes-ease/#.WaUWh8jXfCQ
Wow. That is quite unsettling and kind of sad. Go to work, get out after half a day, then pass out in street after drinking booze with colleagues, and again the same from the start ... no wonder that there is so high suicide rate in Japan. This is no life.
Get out after half a day? More like... After the whole day.
That statement of work-sleep-repeat could be applied to most countries.
But without the mandatory bonus time with people you should tolerate durring workhours.
Usually they only go out and drink on friday nights. They can't sustain an "every day" life of drinking.
Some of those are kinda sad. :(
Feminism isn't just about women. Japan is well known for having some of the longest work weeks with little time for family or relationships. Women are expected to stay at home once they have had children, but the population is rapidly decreasing and it is an issue for Japan's economy because the men literally work to much to get married and have children. Hate working so damn much that your life is a living hell and you go home alone after drinking all night? Try equal rights and get a partner who can contribute equally.
The population problem and women not having kids is not only caused by the long work hours. There are equal rights under law and the Japanese government has implemented many benefits to having children to tackle this problem. Furthermore, a lot of the choice of women not having children is caused by the comfort of living at home. Japanese people tend to live at home with parents until marriage unless their hometown is far away. This means that there is less of a push towards independence. There are many sides and reasons towards different societal problems that should not be assumed based on one bored panda posting of pictures.
the stark difference, no one will bother you in japan. try sleeping anywhere in the USA or UK etc, like these guys are doing. here come the cops to remove you or thugs to rob you.
Well this is one of the most depressing posts in a while lol. Keep it up.
that is a lie , my sister lives in japan and in japan the industry of sex toys make millions, japanese people don't married because 1.- social pressure - in japan being a single mother is bad people criticized single parents because society is very conservative , married a non japanese too is a not so accepted so imagine a boy or girl fall in love with a korean the family will always oppose to the marriage 2-pressure of family lays on men , if you fail to had a job society see you as a failure to your family and society so many men prefer to remain single. 3-cost of life japanese men are the ones that work women left they careers to raise kids, so again men are afraid of fail because japanese society requires you to always win they see failure as the worst . is not like americans 20 with kids and unmarried or living together/ live with parents ,receive unemployment, food stamps and nobody said nothing in japan people like that are see as a shame to the family and loser of society.
次の日が休みだから友人と飲んで酔っ払っているだけだよ
次の日が休みで友人と飲んで酔っ払っているだけだよ
It used to be under the guise of nationalism, why people in Japan had to work so hard. It's no wonder why many Asians (not just Japanese) try to settle in the west...they want something better for their kids.
Even when drinking or hanging out they dont look too happy.it sorta looks like they never get enough sleep at home?
Some of the girls you happened to photograph had some really cute outfits. \(*3*)/
WHYYYY would anybody want to "live" like this?
You really should not capture Japanese businessmen, it's not nice.
Some amazing pictures, it's true to say they're the workers who die slowly to make sure their country looks good in the business magazines. It's so sad though to think they do all that work and never get to relax or enjoy the reward for the efforts they've made.💕 😢 💔 🙍🏽 🙎🏽 💜 😞 💝 💀
They do get to relax its just that this photographer is no showing Pictures of families vacationing. Keep in mind that there are tons of people/families vacationing to all parts of the world during Japanese holidays. I just want to remind people to not assume something about a society based on a one sided view
Very sad, this is the only country that has a "Suicide Forest" men just tired and take their life
Tiredness is only one of the reasons that people commit suicide in Japan. The main cause stems from the Japanese culture of not bothering people about their problems. In the west we are encouraged and seek counceling and therapy.
This makes me 😭
I think I belong somewhere in Asia
I hope that Japan will somehow manage to reinvent itself. This is no way to live.
I love the Japanese culture and its people, but this over working has got to stop. I admire a strong work ethic but not at the expensive of a personal life.
There is a reason why "salaryman" became a meme there.
They look more like corpo rats than businessmen to me xDD
i envy these photographs :(
Hope to see a smiling face on the street
This is so unfair...
Tragic society...