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[Characteristic] Self-Sponsored vs. Company-Sponsored Retirement Rewards [United States] The 401k is entirely sponsored by employee salary with the exception of matching funding by companies. This system is one of the things that does not encourage people to stay with companies. One exception is the pension systems in the US. [Japan] 
Japanese are encouraged to stay in one company by the monetary rewards. These are company sponsored payments independent of the person’s salary. The longer they stay the higher the company sponsored payout is to them.
10 Cultural Contrasts between US & Japanese Companies | freshtrax by btrax
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