Note to all who say "Iwata Must Go"

[Mr Khan]

Arcturus said:

Mr Khan said:

This means, as of now, everyone on the board owes their current position to Iwata, being either brought onto the board by him, or promoted higher in the board by him.

So he has potentially filled the board of directors with like-minded yes-men?

Basically.

But this is, again, true to Japanese corporate culture. "Yes men" is seen as a bad thing in Western civilization, but in Japan, respect for the hierarchy is paramount.

This is obviously not a good thing in itself, but it is not a bad thing either. This gives Japanese corporate culture a sense of consensus and continuity, so that the companies are not plagued by infighting like too many Western companies often are (sometimes western companies encourage such infighting: see the social experiment that is Sears' corporate structure, and see where that's gotten them), but also, obviously, makes them very slow to respond or to effect cultural shifts.