Many of them have high work ethics. And they prioritize their business to their private lives in many cases.
These workers' commitments to works seem to impress foreigners too. For example, many of foreigners who visit Japan point out high quality of services of Japanese workers in many occasions.
Japan has established its educational policy to raise the educational level of the whole population, rather than specific classes or people, after the World War II.
With the policy, the educational level of average people has gone up. This fact should be able to be proven with high rate of literacy and calculation capability, for example. Also, college going rate is over 60% now.
Besides the educational level, the people's morale has become high. Many Japanese try to do their duties first rather than demand their rights.
Money should be important to these people, however, is not necessarily an absolute motivation. Speaking of money, there is no custom of giving gratuity to a worker in Japan.
Whenever I deal with these Japanese labors with high work ethics, I feel very happy to see their professionalism.
On the other hand, I have many occasions which I'm very disappointed by leaders of this country, including politicians and companies' managements.
The lower quality in their leadership abilities compared to global standards might also be a result of the Japan's educational policy to develop human resources for average people, rather than elite people...
I need to convince myself with the following Japanese proverb:
二兎追う者は一兎をも得ず--> He that hunts two hares at once will catch neither.
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