Japanese planning operates across extended time horizons—years, decades, even lifetimes and generations. Educational planning begins in early childhood anticipating adulthood. Career planning extends across working lives. Business planning spans decades.
Traditional arts involve lifetime developmental planning. This extended temporal reach reflects cultural comfort with long-term thinking and conviction that significant achievements require sustained effort across extended periods. The decision made today may have consequences years from now; planning should recognize these extended chains of causation. Short-term planning occurs within longer-term frameworks, connecting immediate actions to distant goals.
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