Part of me also thinks: yes, but is there any money/compensation attached to this? Honor, sadly, doesn't pay for grad students or soft money researchers.
reply> Honor, sadly, doesn't pay for grad students
replyAre you kidding? Grad students are well known to receive trivial monetary pay. Most of their pay is in honor.
They still need to eat, and that trivial monetary pay component must come from somewhere . . .
replyNot really, there is a promise of a better career in the future.
replyNot usually how things work in Japanese culture
replyI'd like you to elaborate more on your answer
replyAre people not paid?
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