Japanese business execs very much are all still living in 1985. Japan, especially its corporate culture, is infamous for being stuck in the past. This is bafflingly at odds with its outside perception of being a nation full of bleeding edge innovation. And it is... but only in some aspects.

Japan is almost exclusively run by old men. Traditionalism is tough to budge there. A ridiculous amount of mission critical business communication in Japan still relies on fax machines. Not email. Not messenger apps. Fax machines. In 2023.

Anyhow, even if the rest of the world has turned away from the briefcase we've just replaced it with the laptop bag anyway.

Especially since it is probably very heavy.

Yeah, I guess they sacrificed specs in favor of taking less space and probably lower weight.

They probably wouldn't let you bring it in, but now I'm picturing someone leading the TSA on a chase through the airport on one of these things:

"Sir, you're not allowed to bring th-"

rides off

"You'll never take my scooter!"

Who has those specs for $350?

Just like the briefcase scooter.

Ain't nothing wrong with that.

For historical precedent, Honda originally devised the Super Cub -- literally the most sold vehicle in history, bar none -- with design elements in mind specifically to make it useful for Japanese noodle shops to use as a delivery vehicle. If they think hipster startups will buy this and slap their logo on the side and tootle around downtown, well, so what?