When I was in Osaka, I stayed at a backpackers and I met a few young Japanese locals. Between my extremely poor and limited Japanese and their broken English, we were somewhat able to maintain a conversation and I mentioned the same thing to them.
Since it was only a subset of 5 or so people, I wouldn't count it as the general consensus of the Japanese people but they were very aware of how stagnant the big Japanese tech giants (and the country's economy) have become and how Japan is already lagging being China and Korea.
What I did find interesting is that these young blokes blame the government rather than the company themselves.
When I was in Osaka, I stayed at a backpackers and I met a few young Japanese locals. Between my extremely poor and limited Japanese and their broken English, we were somewhat able to maintain a conversation and I mentioned the same thing to them.
Since it was only a subset of 5 or so people, I wouldn't count it as the general consensus of the Japanese people but they were very aware of how stagnant the big Japanese tech giants (and the country's economy) have become and how Japan is already lagging being China and Korea.
What I did find interesting is that these young blokes blame the government rather than the company themselves.