Alas, I wasn't permitted photographs on the assembly line floor. Even in very expensive neighborhoods you see wash hung out to dry. A few words about the Ume Toshiba plant. They all wear uniforms and hair nets and hats. There is a lot of automated test equipment as well as assembly stuff.
People work efficiently.
I was struck by the absence of security and administrative people in this plant, and by how hard the assembly line people work. The main purpose of the plant is not to produce laptops, but to research production methods for producing laptops. He is the editor of Nikkei Byte, and those are the Nikkei Byte editorial offices. The server room. The welcoming party at a local Japanese restaurant.