Four Very Important Japanese Idio.. (Doh) I Mean Idioms:

Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're an old man, and old people are useless.

Reiko, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day, sit at your desk and do it really half-assed. That's the Japanese way.

Well, its 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.

If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak Japanese.

And for foreigners working in Japan:

I want to share something with you:
The four little sentences that will get you through life:
Number 1: Cover for me.
Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss!
Number 3: It was like that when I got here.
Number 4: Huh?
(Don't bother learning them in Japanese - no one will listen anyway!)

Thank you Homer Simpson!