Will Japanese inertia never be the same again?

Who is to blame for the dead hand of inertia that has prevented Japan from forging ahead economically and politically in the last decade and a half?

Is it the big businessman, ever protective of the greedy interweave of money and influence? Is it the politician, who sacrifices the integrity of a forward-looking idea for a stiff bow to expediency? Or is it bureaucrats (most Japanese seem to blame bureaucrats), whose primary function, it appears, is to stay where they are and be lifelong functionaries?

There is a social revolution taking place in Japan today, and yet it is not toppling the partitions in corporate offices. The management culture of this country's major companies, with a few striking exceptions, is essentially unaltered since the 1980s.