So a lot of the image of Japanese workplaces is set against a kind of image that people in the outside world have — this hive of very intensive activity and long working hours and quite rigid working structures.

因此，日本工作场所的很多形象都与外界的形象形成鲜明对比——这是一个活动密集、工作时间长、工作结构相当僵化的场所。