Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises by Dina Gerdeman Harvard Business Review 26 JUN 2020 As demonstrated after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese businesses have a unique capability for long-term survival. Hirotaka Takeuchi explains their strategy of investing in community over profits during turbulent times. On March 11, 2011, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake triggered a po..