They draw strength from a culture that respects mold-breaking business ventures. Creativity cannot be taught. It is, I believe, an attribute that resides within the individual. Each of us has to recognize our own creativity, cultivate it, bring it into full play. All we can do to help is to shape an environment in which creative people are evaluated appropriately, and then deploy those people where they may have the greatest impact.
Japanese history is rich in examples of creativity.
I am sure it is an attribute that is latent throughout Japanese society.