Part of me also thinks: yes, but is there any money/compensation attached to this? Honor, sadly, doesn't pay for grad students or soft money researchers.
> Honor, sadly, doesn't pay for grad students
Are you kidding? Grad students are well known to receive trivial monetary pay. Most of their pay is in honor.
Not usually how things work in Japanese culture
> Honor, sadly, doesn't pay for grad students
Are you kidding? Grad students are well known to receive trivial monetary pay. Most of their pay is in honor.