Japan: Toyota’s Kanban System, Applied to Humans · Global Voices
Chris Salzberg

A post by blogger boiledema [ja], offering an alternative perspective on the background of Tomohiro Kato, offender in Sunday's Akiba massacre, has drawn a huge reaction, with over 1200 bookmarks [ja] on Hatena. boiledema suggests that Toyota's system of Kanban production is being applied to human beings, through unstable short-term employment, leading to extreme isolation. Tomohiro Kato worked as  a temp employee at a factory under Toyota, although boiledema emphasizes that isolation cannot justify Kato's crime.