Even though the economy is mired in recession, a strong majority of Japanese business people describe themselves as “happy” according to a new survey from Nielsen Japan in collaboration with Aera Style Magazine.  In an online survey of 1,000 men, aged 25 to 49, 71 percent said they were happy.  Of those who said they felt “needed in their company,” 76 percent were happy, while only 48 percent of those who did not feel needed at work were similarly joyful.
Job security did not, somewhat surprisingly, affect an individual’s happiness as …