JAL CEO Cuts Pay

[robertabramski]

This is something we need to see more of at American companies. We need to ask sound off and tell the executives that they should share in the hardship as well as the profits. ceopaycut org

[messageforyou1]

We need to take a lesson from this man! 

[shalomormsby]

Such an inspiring example of dignified corporate leadership. The US executives have much to learn from this, where the average CEO earns 475 times more than the average worker.

[Fidelisadmortem]

1:43

you homo!

[kingme99]

Not a single American CEO would do this. THIS is what's wrong with greedy American CEO's.

[robertabramski]

@kingme99 They lack the humble Japanese mentality. They have to realize their fortunes were made on the backs of the employee that do their jobs everyday.

[plasmax]

This guy for global president of the world economy.

[Darkhoof]

9 american CEOs didn't like this video.



[dfgyuhdd]

This kind of ethic is why Japan has 7 companies that are over 1000 years old.

[tehzoh]

i wish he is my granpa

[phail555]

@tehzoh that would mean you were part asian lol!

[B10HaZaRD]

This is what you call being a leader. Nothing more, nothing less. It only seems like he's such a fucking hero because other corporate executives out there are so disconnected from the rest of the working class that they don't even associate themselves as the same kind of human beings as the rest of us hominids.

[mostincredible]

What a cool ass boss?

[deviant3232]

American business is too corrupt and blinded by greed and self-satisfaction to ever do something like this, really sad.

[tremulent]

The Pilots really do drive the business, cutting his pay before theirs make so much sense. This should put to shame many American and European executives.

[420kushblunt]

What an awesome boss....wish all bosses were like that.

[wrenchninja2]

I think this is more down to Japanese culture being one of community and mutual cohesive work, as opposed to that one guy being a hero.

[TheSamouir]

he should wear a cape, that would be awesome !

[SpringSamurai]

His wife is a raving bitch.

[tincannabiscuits]

I'm embarrassed to be American after seeing this.

"Businesses who seek only money, fail." The best quote, EVER. EVER.

[adamantiumbullet]

Wow what a good guy! He's got a good heart, something most American CEOs have yet to gain.

[btwicked]

A good man. Applaud him.

[kishcolli]

Wait. Was that CNN doing actual reporting?

[yieldman]

This guy should rule the world!

[BongDaChungKuoGo]

Wait! 90K a month, or a year??

[Dresenpai]

"Companies that pursue money first are destined to fail."

[r0ck3t1337]

Only in America, this is unusuall.

[james1carmichael]

Guys, this isn't funny. American CEO's are drug addicts. They're addicted to profit and will steal, lie and cheat, do whatever is necessary to get their fix. Let's help them, first by taking all their money away.

[DwwwD]

Not all heroes wear capes. This is one of them.

[Midoki]

@DwwwD Not all heroes wear capes but oh my god imagine if Nishimatsu did.

[einXtein]

@DwwwD Still, he has no mask, therefore he's no hero.

[hex0ph]

@einXtein superman doesnt wear a mask

[einXtein]

@hex0ph he has a cape.

[hex0ph]

@einXtein the hulk and the fantastic four dont wear capes or masks

[h0lmie]

The keyword is: culturedifferences.

[wimbletone]

1:42 "between the top and the bottom" "NO HOMO" LMAO

[WildWe5]

Its enough to make me cry.

[damanamathos]

Japan Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2010. This video was uploading in Dec 2008. I wonder if hiring a different CEO and paying much more would have made a difference, or if it was completely outside of JAL's control.

[TheLifeDegenerator]

Lol his wife is a bitch!

[markusrule]

Us western countries need to take a leaf out of this guys book, shame we're all greedy bastards

[dbx2soha]

I heard pilots don't get paid well, 90k a year is really good.

[CROUTONZZ]

@dbx2soha In the US, some pilots get paid 20k a year and are on food stamps.

[Gabbapinhead21]

The Japanese are like this. They think for the good of their people and not themselves something the rest of the world should recognize

[adamdude]

press 2 for "sing saw"

[KEEELr]

If I ever have the option to fly with JAL, I will!

[phiberoptick]

1:17 that guy looks like such a little RAT

[WillSmithy2567]

Why the fuck cant we have american ceos like this really why is that hard to not be greedy!

[artexboy]

At 1:43 was that a NO HOMO i heard lol

[Osminiscool]

@artexboy LOL and it fits perfectly with what the narrator says right before!

[INCC74656I]

there is a level of respect and honor that is foreign to America and perhaps the rest of the world.

[HeroOfXanadus]

I guess I know which air line company I'm going to be using more.

this guy is a true role model.

[laxchild5021]

Listen bitch, this is one fucking CEO. You can find anomalies and outliers in any scenario of any situation. There are greedy people in the USA of course, but there are also greedy people in Japan. Don't be a fucking moron. Some people are awesome and take pay cuts with their workers and some do not. Don't make it a nationalistic thing, because that just makes you sound not only ill-informed, but weak.

[cyberscripter]

Good guy Nishimatsu, asks you to retire early, cuts his own pay to share the pain.

[chasing3suns]

Too much respect for this guy. This is how we save the world.

[BigBagsForRent]

That's a real man.

[mburke000]

Integrity still exists in Japan. In America we shat out any integrity we had long ago. Keep prizing wealth and fame you fucking losers. You all deserve the shitty country you get because nobody gives a shit until the shit hits the fan. Fuck all of you.

[kagon01]

True honor...

[sandoval91402]

This is a sacrifice a real man takes and regrets nothing. There should be more people like this.

[PicklesReallySuck]

This is what happens when a decent human actually manages to climb the corporate ladder.

The biggest douches a company can find get immediately promoted to a corporate position.

[myAmygdala]

But how will he create jobs??

[spoonfed148]

Anyone who dislikes this man should be shot.

[tomfoti2]

this man. . .

[jrok66]

This is how Japanese stay on top

[darknight13]

Teachers should make more, lawyers should make less

[drzatch]

As an American, I could never see myself giving up the wealth, I would like to say that I'm a better person than I am, but that would be lying and there is enough of that to go around. Altruism is mostly dead, as a nation it is our responsibility to resuscitate the heart and soul behind loving our own people.

[DjiXas]

Yeah, what a "great" CEO. JAL went bankrupt in 2010.

Totally need more of those.

[neurallydegenerated]

@DjiXas At least he doesn't grab all the money he can and ditch the company to die.

[waverazor]

good guy.. good guy

[lecosmicpanda]

01:42...."u homo"?

[docomoface]

@lecosmicpanda he was actually saying "nihon mo" which directly translates to "Japan Also" or "Japan is Also...." Seems like his sentence was cut off but he definitely wasn't commenting on the sexual orientation or a certain individual lol

[barelycertain]

1000/3 like/dislike

i don't even. still waiting for the day i see 1000/0, but this was the closest.

[DL305]

Judging the reaction of the guy at 1:43, it isn't a normal thing for him to sit among the employees. I doubt this CEO is being completely honest.

[hefelfury]

@DL305 Because the cameras wouldn't make people at all self-conscious...

[c0smictruth]

@DL305 Maybe they didn't tell every employee at an airline company that a small camera crew MAY pop into their lunch table at some time. You expected a poker face?

[th3kid13]

good man

[PocaWolfenstein7]

This is the perfect example of Good Guy Greg.

[Rickilicious]

For people hating, this man was not born and made into the airlines CEO. He worked for probably 30+ years to attain the position, and now he doesn't even make as much as someone who has worked there for 2-3 years. Not to mention he probably works 5x harder than anyone in that company. This man is a boss.

[iamnotsure89]

I hate justin beiber

[Starbob66]

uuh, this video is in 2008, JAL went bankrupt in 2010

[420Galleon]

Words can't express the admiration I have for this man

[TheresPooOnMyShoe]

I bet he doesn't think it's so great.

[JohnXT7]

When Jobs was CEO of apple he made about a dollar a year, google it

[NeaceMode]

@JohnXT7 you're a clown if you think that makes him the patron saint of CEOs

[JohnXT7]

@NeaceMode I think is pretty cool for a CEO to do that, he already earns money from pixar so there was no need for him to take more, this CEO is also really cool but Japanese people are like that and to think that everyone who disagrees with you is a clown well, it shows how out of touch with the world you are

[NeaceMode]

@JohnXT7 ok. clown was the wrong word. but you're ignorant. the man gets most of his income from dividends, which allows him to skimp on millions of dollars in taxes. how noble. how "cool". he also is probably making a ton of other cash with bonuses, public speaking fees, and other companies that he invests it. I'm not saying he's doing anything illegal or immoral, but he shouldn't be lauded as some crusader of corporate greed because he has a $1 salary.

[FreshBROSKI]

@JohnXT7 He made all of his money from stocks

[iamfantastikate]

As far as I know and have been told by friends living in Japan, if someone in Japan loses his job, he has to start at the bottom (or very near it) of a new company and work his way up--again. If that's right, this isn't so impressive; it's just good sense to make sure his company doesn't go belly up, thus keeping him from scrubbing floors with no hopes of ever being a CEO again.

[Skurvy2k]

@iamfantastikate I guarantee you that if his company went belly up and he had to find a new job he would NOT be scrubbing floors.

[neocon70]

I'll admire the Japanese businessman when Japan's economy becomes solvent again. Until then, meh.

[Nikias]

Square watermelons and a CEO who is a decent human being who cares about anything in the world outside of themselves and their own interests? What will those crazy Japanese come up with next? (hoping for rocket boots)

[sdflksdfkfh]

We make a mistake in this country (US) where we promote people beyond their competency level, and then we fire them. In Japan, they promote people until they reach a point of competency and keep them at that point. There is nothing worse than giving someone a job they can't really perform and then firing them. It is so unnecessary, yet it happens all the time in corporate America.

[ThwartedVillainy]

This is what I love about Japanese businesses. The executives don't take INSANE bonuses and salaries and the difference goes to boost everyone else's salary or to hire more people. When most companies are doing this, unemployment is really low, crime is almost non-existent, and the purchasing power of the public is enormous. Sure, there are some poor people in Japan, but nobody starves to death. The executives of Japanese companies are still super rich and they have everything they could want.

[youtubasoarus]

North American CEO's need a swift kick in the ass.

[sampowell]

we should take all of our financial and economic guidance from japan, look how awesome their economy is!!

[TheNoel]

@sampowell Nice try 80's time traveler.

[MxCliche]

A superintendent did the same thing recently in the U.S. Looks like some inspiration is going around.

[moonasha]

man is a hero.

[SuperBrosefStalin64]

And this is why I like old school Japanese culture.

[bloodstone1445]

NATIONALISM does wonders.

[MicahtheGreat777]

@bloodstone1445

That would be great, if this was what that was an example of...

[bloodstone1445]

@MicahtheGreat777 people are far more inclined to treat each-other equally when they are the same race. It's instinctually innate within all people.

[ShitWrangler]

@bloodstone1445 well said, multiculturalism fail. and even japanophiles get treated as gaijin let alone tourists.

[molliedollie]

1 dislike? Guess his wife IS still blaming him for the AC and the car.

[rkkrqqqqrssss]

Man...American CEO's should learn from this guy

[nameno1elsehas]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

[ThePhilipODuffy]

"You realize, Mr. Japanese CEO, that you could be making Millions out of this job"

"Oh Jesus, really!!" <- Is what I'd be saying

[rabbit221]

ドル！？　Haha I love his reaction to that.

[TheLukeSchiltz]

GIVE IT UP FOR THIS GUY!

I don't want to live in America anymore.

[TheKingMitten]

90,000 a year? how does this man live?

[crackthecorn]

@TheKingMitten dude CEO salaries are in the millions ...he makes less then his pilots ...so you are a fucking idiot that can't even listen to a two minute news report

[Beldar4214]

@TheKingMitten $90k isn't bad at all, above average in the USA. That is if you don't live in California or somewhere ridiculously expensive...

[TheKingMitten]

@Beldar4214 clearly being sarcastic.... 90k a year is ridiculously high still

[SuperG838]

i want to live in japan...(?)

[OmNomMonst3r]

hell would freeze over if ceo's in the us did this.

[lumbermouth]

i need to give this man a handshake.

[flaggedvidsaccountCW]

SOLID HEART OF GOLD :'(

[nubais95]

Im moving to fucking Japan. Why not? They have the coolest commercials.

[TPurvis18]

This is why i want to live in Japan.

[ajaake]

I work for a Japanese company. This is normal behavior for CEO's. The president of our company clocks in like the rest of us.

[RobyWolf]

Self sacrifice, something most people won't even consider as a last resort.

[Apodyopsis]

This is the difference between the east and west. The rich in our country has lost sight of where they came from. They only want more money. They cut workers salaries, benefits, and jobs. Why? To protect their own pay and greed. Screw the company, screw the employees, and screw the customers. That is the American way. Anything to make a buck.

[mbe102]

This is honor. The west and the rest of the world could learn a lot from these people.

[Orage530]

One American CEO watched this video.

[weiss27md]

@Orage530 what American CEO is that?

[gorge464]

@Orage530 Looks like that one CEO became 4.

[RamzyRizzle]

@Orage530 Then he passed it around his 6 CEO friends.

[BlameTheLameCamel]

@Orage530 8*

[dandeentremont]

Let this be a lesson to all aspiring businesspeople: Do not move to Japan if you want to become filthy stinking rich.

[anmarwal]

i like how most people watching this agree with him, but if they were in his situation they would do it very differently =/

[Scalaism]

This is a great man is from a GREATnation. Well done, Sir. Very well done, indeed.

[SoumyaGrunge]

thats what you call true leadership... Setting and example for all and not just lecturing away... Hats-off Mr. Matsu...

[27chiisai]

TUMBS UP!!!!! GOOD JOB!!

[55steven88]

People have more than they need, and that will be our downfall.

[fahadmadrid]

This the japanese secret

[fahadmadrid]

I would realy be proud to work for this man!!

[whoo689]

Now THIS is a CEO. Japanese execs PROVE that you CAN be fiscally responsible and humble without having to give up profits or competitiveness. Japan has some of the most-powerful and largest corporations in the world! Yet their employee-employer relationships are much better. They treat employees like they MATTER, not just as a number.

[musicalbasics]

we should all learn from each other... not our weaknesses but rather our strengths.

[iilija64]

Wat a guy, if all was like he...

[sweetappletits]

WOW O.o hes a real human being!!!

[DarkPlague666]

Who the hell disliked this?

[Hereandnow45]

@DarkPlague666 Some asshole, most likely.

[BurtonBoyz715]

What a contrast in ethics...the West and Asia....More's the Pity...

[darkerforest]

notice that when he laughs when they tell him how much the americans make, it's not jealousy.

it's more of a "...what pretentious idiots..." laugh.

[suzbailey23]

From the likes and dislikes, it appears that one libertarian has watched this video.

[OyVeey]

Y'know, the Japanese don't do everything right, but this is absolutely incredible and could never happen in the States.

[ribaldi]

@OyVeey Well the CEO of Costco is close. He works in a cubicle and has annual salary of about $300k. There's also Steve Jobs who earns $1 per year as CEO of Apple since 1997. Notice these 2 companies are doing well. It can happen anywhere. It just takes a different kind of leader.

[OyVeey]

@ribaldi Thanks! That really does make me feel better.

[imaje]

@ribaldi Uhm. Steve Jobs is a billionare who owns massive shares in apple, pixar, disney, not even remotely the same thing. Its not just about "leaders" its about cultural philosophy and work ethics.

[ribaldi]

@imaje Being a billionaire is not relevant to taking a low salary to indicate to employees you're not there to mine wealth from Apple during its "beleaguered" days (it was 60 days away from bankruptcy). Absolutely the same thing because he's protecting the company from excess spending.

Jobs' gain from Apple stocks were well earned. Apple went from being worth $2 billion to $325 billion. What kind of cultural philosophy and work ethics do you think went into Apple under Jobs' leadership?

[geektella]

but what do these American CEOs do with all that money? i dont get it! they obviously dont go investing they are just stealing it but for what? where is it going?

[snbeings]

This man is a hero and a Saint

[ehmperk]

no homo @ 1:43 ?

[renkinjutsu01]

"His wife says 'This is all your fault!' " :(

[Khaddar]

This man is a hero. If I was living in Japan I'd be offering to fix his car.

[KenDiriwan]

Not to be racists but such attitude rarely be seen on any other countries other than Japanese. Respect for them.

[tommyk1347]

ffs, since when did reddit become the freaking headlines of every single video? Not even relevant to the video at all!

[Qiqidh]

seems like a great boss, is he?

[BurningdiverUK]

Absolute legend, more CEO's should be doing this, not just Airline companies but banks as well!!!

[LenaCS]

he just laughs at the US companies

[Socketline]

@djkrugger it remembers me too!

derp!

[shinesp0nge]

i'd like to balloon her salary

[atsay714]

@shinesp0nge Ew. Should get your eyes checked.

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[lolREDDIT]

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[DrZsbl]

CNN just figured this out.  Reddit anyone?

[Roonast]

HI GEOCITIES!

[ErikBarmon]

1:28 Shit WTF am I doing here!?!?

[shinelikesharkteeth]

Dang, if only all businessmen were more like him.

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[heesoookim]

He must be really respected by his employees..