Comment by supernova87a

I love how the idea of Japanese conscientiousness has become almost a meme for how we wish companies were run. Other examples you've probably seen come across the webs:

-- Hotel apologizes in advance for a brief 1 minute planned disruption of in-room internet at 4am https://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+hotel+internet+apol...

-- Japanese train company issues apology for train leaving 20 seconds early https://www.google.com/search?q=tokyo+rail+apologizes+train+...