i2b W12 Japan & Operations

pokachan
25 Jul 202011:45

Summary

TLDRオーストラリアで育った外国人が、日本の興味を持ち始めた理由を語る。1970年代から1980年代にかけて、日本の影響がオーストラリアに大きな波を呼び起こした。特に、マツダの車やヨコハマのタイヤがそのきっかけだった。日本車は高品質で低コストで、オーストラリア市場を席巻し、特に遠隔地帯ではトヨタ・ランドクルーザーが矿业の象徴として定着した。日本の製造業の強みは、正確な品質管理と革新的な生産プロセスであり、ジストのレンズやニコンカメラなど、日本製品の美しさと信頼性は世界中で高く評価されている。しかし、新しい製品セグメントへの対応は遅れており、日本企業は新しい市場ニーズに応えるための創造性とダイナミズムを発揮する必要がある。

Takeaways

  • 🌏 脚本中提到,日本在1970年代和1980年代对澳大利亚有巨大的影响,尤其是汽车行业。
  • 🚗 作者小时候对日本的兴趣始于父亲购买的马自达汽车,特别是车上的横滨轮胎,激发了他对日本的兴趣。
  • 🏈 在澳大利亚昆士兰州的一个小镇上,作者因父亲开马自达而在学校足球比赛中成为唯一的'马自达俱乐部'成员。
  • 🚙 随着时间的推移,日本汽车以其高质量和低成本在澳大利亚市场占据主导地位。
  • 🛠️ 日本汽车制造业之所以能够在全球范围内具有影响力,部分原因是其生产流程的创新,如准时生产系统,有效管理供应链以降低成本。
  • 🏭 日本的地理特点,如高土地成本和紧凑的国土,为制造流程的创新提供了有利条件。
  • 📸 作者对摄影的热爱始于帮助父亲冲洗黑白照片,而日本制造的尼康镜头因其高质量和可靠性而受到摄影师的青睐。
  • 🎥 日本在多个制造领域建立了声誉,尤其是在精密光学产品方面,如相机镜头和滤镜。
  • 🛴 尽管日本在技术和组件制造方面具有优势,但在新兴产品领域,如稳定器、无人机、电动滑板等,日本企业似乎错失了一些市场机会。
  • 📱 日本企业在产品类别上可能过于固守,未能及时把握新兴市场空间和产品创新的机会。
  • 🌟 尽管如此,作者对日本的未来持乐观态度,认为其技术和质量的传统,以及良好的社会基础设施,为未来的创新和活力奠定了基础。

Q & A

  • オーストラリアでの1970年代、1980年代に日本への興味はどのようにして生まれましたか?

    -オーストラリアの1970年代、1980年代には日本からの影響が非常に大きいでした。特に、马自达の車やヨコハマのタイヤなどがその影響をもたらしました。

  • 1978年に購入されたマツダの車にはどのような特徴がありましたか?

    -1978年に購入されたマツダの車には、ヒロシマで作られており、ヨコハマのタイヤが装着されていました。

  • オーストラリアの小さな町で車のブランドによってどのようにチーム分けが行われましたか?

    -オーストラリアの小さな町では、フォードとホルデンのブランドによってチーム分けが行われ、马自达はその時点ではあまり知られていませんでした。

  • 日本の自動車業界がグローバルに影響力を得た主な理由は何ですか?

    -日本の自動車業界がグローバルに影響力を得た主な理由は、比較的低いコストと高い品質、そして生産プロセスの革新によるコスト管理の効果です。

  • 日本の自動車業界における「Just-In-Time」生産方式の利点とは何ですか?

    -「Just-In-Time」生産方式は在庫コストを削減し、品質問題が発生した場合には素早く供給源に連絡を取ることができます。

  • 日本の土地の高価格や国土のコンパクトさが製造プロセスにどのように影響を与えましたか?

    -日本の土地の高価格や国土のコンパクトさは、製造プロセスへの原材料の供給が近く、時間通りに行われやすく、そのため「Just-In-Time」方式が実現しやすくなりました。

  • オーストラリアの採矿业で特に人気のある車とは何ですか?

    -オーストラリアの採矿业で特に人気のある車はトヨタのランドクルーザーで、その信頼性と品質の高さが求められています。

  • ニコンのレンズはどのようにしてプロの写真家に愛されるようになったのですか?

    -ニコンのレンズは高品質、信頼性、そして耐久性を持っており、プロの写真家にとって必要な基準を満たしているため愛されるようになりました。

  • 日本の製品はどのようにして世界中の人々に愛されるようになったのですか?

    -日本の製品は品質と革新によって世界中の人々に愛されるようになりました。例えば、グローバルナイフやニコンのカメラなどがあります。

  • 日本の企業は新しい製品セグメントや市場空間にどのように対応すべきですか?

    -日本の企業は自己の技術と製造力を活かし、新しい製品セグメントや市場空間に積極的に対応し、新しい製品やサービスを創出する必要があります。

  • 日本の企業が直面している課題とは何ですか?

    -日本の企業が直面している課題は、既存の製品カテゴリーに窮屈にされ、新しい製品や市場空間の創出に遅れをとっていることです。

  • 日本の企業が今後どのようになっていくべきですか?

    -日本の企業は、持続可能なイノベーションとダイナミズムを築くために、技術の伝統と良い社会インフラを活用し、新しい市場機会に積極的に対応していくべきです。

Outlines

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🚗 日本自動車産業の影響力

初段落では、オーストラリアで日本への興味を持つきっかけとして、1970年代から1980年代にかけての日本車の影響力が強調されています。スピーカーの父親が1978年に広島製のマツダを購入し、ヨコハマタイヤを装着していたことから、日本への興味を持つようになったと語られています。また、日本車がオーストラリア市場で台頭し、現在では全ての自動車メーカーが国外ブランドに変わったと紹介されています。さらに、日本の自動車産業が世界で影響力を得た理由として、比較的低いコストと高品質、特にマイン工業でトーヨータ・ランドクルーザーが広く使われていることなどが触れられています。

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📸 日本製造のカメラとレンズの品質

第二段落では、スピーカーが子供の頃から写真を撮っており、父親がカメラマンであったことが明かされます。ニコンのレンズやフィルター、そしてカメラ関連の製品が、日本製造であることが強調されています。特にニコンのレンズは、その美しさと信頼性、そして長年の使用に耐える強靭さについて語られています。また、日本の製品は品質と革新を象徴しており、多くの人々が日本製品を選ぶ理由として紹介されています。しかし、日本は新しい製品セグメントへの対応が遅れており、例えばカメラのグイミラーやドローン、小さな乗り物、電気自転車などの分野で日本企業は競争していないと述べています。

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🛠️ 日本の技術と革新への期待

第三段落では、日本の技術やコンポーネント、モノヅクリの歴史について触れながら、新しい製品セグメントへの対応が不足していると指摘しています。日本の企業は既存の製品カテゴリーに縛られ、新しい市場のニーズに気づかず、新しい製品や市場を創出する機会を逃していると述べています。しかし、日本の企業はコンポーネントのサプライヤーとして引き続き役割を果たしており、将来的には技術の遺産と良い社会インフラを基に、イノベーションと活力を発揮する可能性があると期待しています。

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Keywords

💡日本への興味

「日本への興味」は、ビデオの主題の一つであり、オーストラリアで育った外国人がどのように日本に興味を持ったかを探求しています。ビデオでは、1970年代のオーストラリアでの日本の影響力と、子供の頃に父親のマツダ車に搭載されていたヨコハマのタイヤを見て興味を持ったと述べています。

💡マツダ

「マツダ」は日本の自動車メーカーの一つであり、ビデオの主人公が子供の頃に父親の車を見て興味を持ったきっかけとなったブランドです。マツダの車は、ビデオの中で日本の製品の象徴として提唱され、日本の品質とコストパフォーマンスの高さを示す例として使われています。

💡ヨコハマ

「ヨコハマ」は日本の都市であり、ビデオの主人公が子供の頃に父親の車のタイヤから知り、訪れたいと思うようになった場所です。この単語は、日本への興味の起点としてビデオ内で提唱され、日本とのつながりを象徴的に表しています。

💡品質管理

「品質管理」はビデオ内で日本の製造業の強みとして強調されています。ビデオでは、トヨタ・ランドクルーザーがオーストラリアの鉱山業界で広く使われており、その信頼性と品質の高さが日本の製造業の象徴とされています。

💡トヨタ

「トヨタ」は日本の自動車メーカーで、ビデオ内で品質と信頼性の高さ、特に遠隔地での利用においての強みとして触れられています。トヨタは、ビデオの主題である「モノづくりの精神」を体現するブランドの一つとして紹介されています。

💡ジャストインタイム生産

「ジャストインタイム生産」はビデオ内で日本の製造業における革新的な生産プロセスとコスト管理の技法として説明されています。ビデオでは、この手法が在庫コストの削減と品質向上に寄与していると述べられています。

💡モノづくり

「モノづくり」はビデオ内で日本の製造業の精神や文化を指しており、ビデオの主題に深く関わっています。ビデオでは、ニコンのレンズやトヨタの車など、日本の製品の品質と技術の高さが「モノづくりの精神」を表していると示されています。

💡ニコン

「ニコン」はビデオ内で日本のカメラメーカーであり、ビデオの主人公が子供の頃から親しんだブランドです。ビデオでは、ニコンのレンズの信頼性と美しさ、そして「モノづくりの精神」を象徴する製品として紹介されています。

💡グローバルナイフ

「グローバルナイフ」はビデオ内で日本の調理器具ブランドであり、ビデオの主題である「品質」と「モノづくりの精神」を他の分野にも拡がっていることを示す例として提唱されています。

💡イノベーション

「イノベーション」はビデオ内で日本の製造業が直面する課題の一つとして触れられており、ビデオの主人公は日本の企業が新しい製品セグメントや市場ニーズに応えることで、イノベーションを通じて成長の機会を見出すことができると期待しています。

💡センサー

「センサー」はビデオ内で日本の技術力の高さを示す例として挙げられており、ビデオの主人公は日本の企業がこれらの技術を活用して新しい製品や市場セグメントを創出するべきだと主張しています。

Highlights

The speaker's initial interest in Japan was sparked by Japanese car brands during his childhood in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s.

The speaker's father purchased a Mazda with Yokohama tires, which piqued his curiosity about Japan.

In the late 1970s, Japanese cars began to dominate the Australian market due to their high quality and relatively low cost.

Toyota Land Cruiser became the iconic vehicle in the Australian mining industry due to its reliability.

Japanese car industry's global influence was attributed to production process innovations and cost control.

Just-in-time production was a key innovation that reduced inventory costs and improved quality control.

Geographical factors in Japan, such as high land cost and compact nature, facilitated the just-in-time production model.

The speaker's passion for photography and the quality of Japanese optics, such as Nikon lenses, deepened his love for Japan.

Nikon's precision optics and durability made it a favorite among professional photographers.

Japanese brands like IZUMI, KINKO, and HOYA were dominant in the speaker's photography equipment.

The speaker's experience with a dented Nikon lens that still functioned exemplifies the resilience of Japanese products.

Japan's challenge is to adapt its high-quality components and manufacturing legacy to emerging product segments.

Japanese firms have been slower in capturing new market opportunities in segments like photography stabilizers and drones.

Despite having excellent components and technology, Japanese companies have struggled with creating new product categories.

The speaker expresses hope for Japan's future innovation potential, given its strong foundation in quality and technology.

Japan's social infrastructure, including reliable transport systems, provides a solid base for future dynamism and innovation.

Transcripts

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like many foreigners i'm often asked

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uh what got me interested in japan in

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the first place and

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it's difficult to pin it down to any one

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thing growing up in australia the 1970s

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the 1980s japanese influence was huge

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i do remember uh when i was a kid

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we were we were living in queensland

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um in one relatively small town and then

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moved to an even smaller town because my

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parents were high school teachers

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and so this was 1978

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yes 1978 my dad bought a

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mazda made in hiroshima

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and i remember had yokohama tires on it

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and the both of those names caught my

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interest and i used to watch the car for

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dad so i used to see all the time in the

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name yokohama and thought

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wouldn't mind going to yokohama one day

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and we moved to this particularly small

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town

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and i remember the very first day i was

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at school

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they divided us into two teams to play

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football

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and their simple way of dividing up the

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kids

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to play footy was ford's against

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holden's that was

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the simple division rule uh holden's

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were general motors cars

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because in a small town in queensland in

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the late 1970s pretty much everyone

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drove a ford or a holden

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and i said well my dad drives

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some mazda and most kids didn't even

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really know what that was

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within a few years of of course japanese

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cars were coming to

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predominate in the australian market and

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we have seen now that all manufacturers

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are pulled out of australia

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and it's all it's all foreign cars well

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of course one of the reasons why the

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japanese car industry became so

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influential globally was because of its

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relatively low cost

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it's high quality very high quality for

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its cost

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it got to the point where actually in

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the mining industry for example

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in australia um the only vehicle that's

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used typically

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is a toyota land cruiser and so that's

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become

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very much the iconic vehicle within

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the the mining industry so if you go to

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the very remote parts of australia

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of course it's toyota and over time

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toyota was incredibly successful at this

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toyota was able to communicate

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a clear message to australian consumers

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especially those living in remote parts

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of the country

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precisely because you have to go so far

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precisely because

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reliability matters so much to you you

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have to buy a toyota

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now how do they get to such a high level

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of

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mastery of quality well the

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production process innovations we've

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talked about i've talked about in a

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previous video that you can see

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and at the same time keeping costs under

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control because certainly you can make

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very high quality

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products for example swiss handmade

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watches

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that are very expensive to the point of

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being exclusive and

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high status precisely because they are

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so expensive that the price is exclusive

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it was innovations such as just-in-time

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production being able

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to manage your supply chain effectively

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so that you could to reduce your

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inventory costs and you can see the sla

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in the the slide set that i talked

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further about the logic of this

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that if you don't have too much of your

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inventory on hand

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you can reduce warehousing costs for

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example

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also there's a quality advantage here

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that if things are being brought just in

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time from suppliers and then you

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discover that there is a

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quality problem with components rather

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than having three months stock of them

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in the warehouse you have three days

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stock of them

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maybe one day stock of them and you can

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very quickly alert the suppliers to the

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fact that there has been a manufacturing

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defect for example

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so some of the things unique to the

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japanese context which

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made this innovation in

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manufacturing processes possible

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desirable

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some of these factors in japan are just

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fortuitous

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the relatively high cost of land the

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relatively

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compact nature of japan these things

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added up

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to a viable model where

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suppliers could produce inputs

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into the manufacturing process deliver

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them

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not long before they're needed not too

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far away and through very reliable

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transport systems in countries with

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much greater distances that in some

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respects

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is more difficult to do of course the

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flip side though of course

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is much more land storage and whatnot

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so therefore less of an imperative to do

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just in time delivery in the first place

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so certain features about japan added up

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to a production model

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which helped to develop quality

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and also to to reduce costs to reduce

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waste

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so that is a significant factor in the

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growing international competitiveness of

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the car industry

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but of course there are so many other

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fields of manufacturing in japan beyond

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cars

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too where japan really grew its

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reputation and for me

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when people really push me to say what

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really made you fall in love with japan

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because you know when i was at that

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school

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in a little town called serena or in

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central queensland

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um being of the mazda club at school

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made me in a club of one that was a bit

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of a lonely place to be

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um my dad um in addition to being a

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school teacher

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like my mom was also a photographer and

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uh eventually he quit being a school

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teacher and had his own photography

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studio

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and every house we had even while he was

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school so

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still a school teacher um had a dark

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room so i grew up helping my dad develop

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black and white photos

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from as young as i can remember and i

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have here in my office

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some of the nikon lenses that your dad

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used to use

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some of these date back to the uh the

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1960s

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and um i can't show you my latest nikon

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that said 50 because i'm talking to it

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right now

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but i can put this on that nikon um

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and i can take beautiful pictures with

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this thing this thing is as beautiful

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and reliable as the day it was made it's

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just a

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a true work of art and lots of people

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collect these although there's so many

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of them around that doesn't actually

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cost that much to collect them

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but people who really love precision

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optics uh just in awe of these products

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and i've got a heap of them um

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i dug around and found these before

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these are my

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filters that i had from when i was

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taking pictures as a kid and

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um i used a couple of different cameras

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but uh from my early twenties i used all

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nikon so here's some other things this

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is one that i've had for decades still

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works

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um these are the filters that i i used

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and if we look at the brands

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um izuma made in japan kink or made in

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japan hoya made in japan

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another hoya photo tape um

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all of these are made in japan

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every lens that i ever gave

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consideration to buying over the years

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and anyone i know doing photography gave

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consideration to

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was made in japan um zeiss lens carl

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zeiss

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germany uh they were

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the only non-japanese product around

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very boutique

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artisanal very storied very expensive

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the vast majority of people didn't think

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about them

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this lens is kind of interesting and uh

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for the very simple reason

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that this became the stock standard

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press photographers

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lens along with

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one of these and one of these that every

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photographer had

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they could throw them around they could

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get bashed

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they would work perfectly and they were

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incredibly clean beautiful lenses and

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it was always said about people with

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this lens if you couldn't take a clear

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photograph with this you

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couldn't take a photograph with anything

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finally the resilience of these things

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and why

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nikon became the only thing the pros

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would use

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you can't see it here but this has got a

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big dent in here

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i was riding on the back of a motorbike

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in thailand when i was

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19 years old and

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it came off my shoulder and bounced off

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the road

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at relatively high speed picked it up

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and

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it still worked okay so this for me

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is one of the things that made me fall

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in love with japan these wonderful

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quality things that really speak to the

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the spirit of monozukuri

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and so many other people fell in love

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with japan from different fields but for

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similar kinds of reasons

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chefs love global knives for example

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so many different people in different

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fields it's still

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a natural thing to do just to buy

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japanese because they associate that

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with quality and innovation

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japan's challenge uh is though

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to take its great technologies

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its great components its history of

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monozucuity

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and to respond to emerging product

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segments and unfortunately that's where

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japan's been a bit slower

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in the last couple of decades i've been

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a bit

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sad to see quite honestly that segments

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such as in photography the gimbal the

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stabilizers you use for cameras

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um japanese firms just aren't there

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drones

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japanese firms out there small

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rideables uh motorized

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skateboards as it were kickboards

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electric bikes all of these kind of

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things japan is the world's best

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manufacturer of small motors

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of sensors of optical equipment and

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whatnot

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in all of those areas japan should

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absolutely predominate

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but it seems many japanese firms got

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locked into existing

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product categories and

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missed the opportunity to see entirely

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new products

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entirely new market spaces niches

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emerging so often japanese firms still

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benefit as suppliers of components

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but to some degree they've missed out

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on new market opportunities there

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finally

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uh companies such as nikon have done

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extraordinarily well in terms of

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incremental innovation

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but this big game-changing

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uh deep design driven

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reimagining of customer experiences

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customer needs to create entirely new

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product segments such as we saw apple do

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with the smartphone

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unfortunately japan hasn't shown much

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pizzazz in that respect but

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i hold out hope because if you've got

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such a legacy of quality of technology

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and you've got such good social

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infrastructure you've got good transport

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systems and whatnot

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then there are still really the

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foundations

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for innovation for dynamism into the

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future

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i'm hopeful

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you

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