A$.(1)$ With a few exceptions that began surfacing in the mid$-1990$s$,$ the Japanese essentially require large companies to provide lifetime employment to their workers. $(2)$ The Japanese see two main ways companies benefit from hiring workers for life. $(3)$ One of the benefits is that lifetime employment aligns an employee$$s future with that of the company. $(4)$ When people know they are going to stay somewhere for life $($like tenured college professors$),$ they tend to be very concerned about the health of the organization, or at least the health of their department. $(5)$ In Japan, workers work late and welcome changes like automation$$what$$s good for the company is good for them. $(6)$ The other main benefit is that lifetime employment decreases competition for other firm$$s workers. $(7)$ Because all large firms accept the system, which includes not trying to steal another firm$$s workers, there is an incentive to invest in research and to train workers. $(8)$ The workers will be with the firm long enough for that firm to reap the benefits of skills and management training. $(9)$ There is no danger that a worker will get trained and then run off to a position in another company.

QuestionA$1.$ The major supporting details of this paragraph are

a$.$ methods that Japanese companies use to train their employees.

b$.$ reasons that Japanese companies are successful.

c$.$ ways that Japanese companies benefit from hiring workers for life.