Bosses at Japan firm resign after 80 deaths potentially linked to red yeast rice tablets
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/japan-kobayashi-pharmaceutical-red-yeast-rice-tablets-deaths-beni-koji-4498061
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DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 110 pts · 2y
Japan is so wild, having leaders accept responsibility for their failures
Rooki@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
Its just a different culture.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y
i mean they killed 80 fucking people
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 8 pts · 2y
Rookie numbers by American standards. And where's the immediate search for an uninvolved scapegoat?
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
They'd mostly do the same here, outside of a handful of particularly horrible Musks. Sorry, people*
n3m37h@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 2y
Stepping down isn't much of a punishment, they get to remove themselves from the aftermath.
Why can't I kill 80 people and say sorry guys I'm stepping down, have fun!
GiveMemes@jlai.lu · 6 pts · 2y
Good job proving you didn't read the article.
n3m37h@sh.itjust.works · -4 pts · 2y
I just stopped at that paragraph, I'm just so used to the western world and their ability to not take responsibility for anything
MTK@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y
Taking responsibility, cool. But isn't it also kind of fucking off and letting someone else clean the mass?
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 2y
He's staying on in an executive roll in order to handle the fallout and compensation, actually.
MTK@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Thanks for the info!
n3m37h@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y
CEO's get all the benifits and 0 repurcussions for their decisions. 80 people died and now I get to remove myself the situation at hand?
That is some grade A BULLSHIT
modest_bunny@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
read the last paragraph, they are resigning as president but still staying to clean up
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
radivojevic@discuss.online · -26 pts · 2y
I mean, that’s not the
usual JapaneseSamurai way to accept responsibility for killing people. 🗡️Edit: sjw
Stovetop@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 2y
fern@lemmy.autism.place · 15 pts · 2y
We've updated the rules but we really are still out here shooting each other.
Not to undermine your message, which is a good one.
3ntranced@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah, it's more a dual at however many paces it takes to whip out your sidearm and start shooting.
radivojevic@discuss.online · -5 pts · 2y
Receiving end of what jokes? I’m not joking. Dude killed people. Honor. What exactly is the negative stereotype you think I’m talking about?
ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Oh piss off you know what you meant
radivojevic@discuss.online · -3 pts · 2y
Tell me.
Stovetop@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
radivojevic@discuss.online · -4 pts · 2y
In Japanese culture, the act of taking responsibility for a horrible action by killing oneself is called "seppuku" (切腹), also known as "hara-kiri." This ritualistic form of suicide was historically practiced by samurai to restore honor for themselves or their families.
Stovetop@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
radivojevic@discuss.online · -5 pts · 2y
Remind me again how you’ve been on the receiving end of someone asking you to take responsibility for killing 80 people as the responsible party of a large company? Help me understand how this is about you. Further defend this man.
Stovetop@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y
I'm pretty sure the Japanese way to take responsibility for killing people is to not.
radivojevic@discuss.online · -3 pts · 2y
A government not taking responsibility for their actions? Show me a country who hasn’t done that
mindlight@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Please elaborate.