Quitting certainly is the ethical thing to do. I wonder if I'd quit if I was in their position.
Handing your concerns to management in writing isn't really a done thing in this culture. I sometimes get laughed at for even suggesting it. And people who quit often take a massive pay cut, are forced into contract work with no safety, or even don't ever get hired in software again - especially in Nagoya where everyone seems to knows everyone.
And when you have a family and a mortgage to pay (selling a house here is also a guaranteed massive loss), it can realistically be a choice between you and your family on the street or doing what you're told.
While the engineers aren't blameless, the system over here is really broken.
Handing your concerns to management in writing isn't really a done thing in this culture. I sometimes get laughed at for even suggesting it. And people who quit often take a massive pay cut, are forced into contract work with no safety, or even don't ever get hired in software again - especially in Nagoya where everyone seems to knows everyone.
And when you have a family and a mortgage to pay (selling a house here is also a guaranteed massive loss), it can realistically be a choice between you and your family on the street or doing what you're told.
While the engineers aren't blameless, the system over here is really broken.