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Tragicomical Life Of The Japanese Businessmen That I Captured While Traveling In Japan
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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Eeeeeeeeeach day living oooooooout a lie - life sold cheaply foreeeeeeeeeever, eeeeeeeeeeever, eeeeeeeeeever..... ♬♪
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Not all are hard workers, white-collar workers in Japan bring the productivity of the world's BEST blue-collar class to below less than Top 10 in the world, did you know that? 2016 - 17th. I worked in a VERY conservative, old Japanese company. Saw one manager cutting his fingernails on a regular basis and read a newspaper until noon. Passed on sales leads to a guy under him a couple of times who did nothing with them and wanted me to get all the info, but wasn't my realm. There are hard-working dudes but a lot of these guys, the reason they stay out all night is they miss the last train and they live 1.5~2 hours away, are easily sauced and too intoxicated to make it to a capsule hotel.
Sleeping In The Streets After Drinking With Colleagues Or Clients
Subway Mood
Subway
Stress Relief
Night Out
"... and then the boss walked in and saw me sleeping for the 3rd time this month, and he went off like a Dragon on New Years nightnwith about 50 fire crackers up its backside. He was calling me names of things I've never even heard of before. You shudda been there. It was over the top classic Godzilla vs. the Lilliputians, but I'm still working there. Can you believe it???
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.
Self Centred Style
Subway
Mirror View
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Even when drinking or hanging out they dont look too happy.it sorta looks like they never get enough sleep at home?
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
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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.
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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.
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.
Load More Replies... 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.
Load More Replies... 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.
Load More Replies... 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.
Even when drinking or hanging out they dont look too happy.it sorta looks like they never get enough sleep at home?
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
Load More Replies... 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.
Load More Replies... 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.
