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Introduction. The paper analyzes the philosophy of Japanese management education. Through the so-called invisible fifteenth stone of the Ryoan-ji garden in the ancient capital city Kyoto, the philosophy and strategy of the country of the Rising Sun is figuratively revealed. The managerial qualities of top managers are justified. Three directions of the middle level of trainees are structurally shown: 1) new employees; 2) general categories of workers; 3) managers. On the example of the so called devil's school, the physical and spiritual aspects of the preparation and delivery of the seventeen examinations necessary for the lower level of management are described. The dissemination of this advanced experience in Russia will provide an opportunity to better understand the technological and economic successes of Japan that are necessary for us in the process of cultural and economic interaction. Methodology and methods of the research. The scientific paper is based on systemic and synergetic approaches. Eastern philosophy gives one the ability to conceptualize a solution to the problems of education of managers in their integrative vision. This allows reducing many heterogeneous factors to a single denominator, taking into account the synergy. History, culture, religion, traditions, life, manners and customs of the country of the rising sun harmoniously blend with modern concepts of training and retraining of top, middle and lower management. The results of the research. Building such a harmonious integrated system immediately results in certain significant shifts in the economy. It is this vision, in line with the Eastern philosophy of education, that provides us with an opportunity to transform not only our educational philosophy, but also synergetic style of thinking and behaving in managing people. Under this perspective, the basic material of research interpretation goes with justification of the results. Conclusion. This is a novelty, the theoretical and practical value of our research. Analyzing Japan's experience provides us with an opportunity to rethink the Western philosophy of education and training in our country. With a fundamental change of the strategy vector from the «philosophy of resources» to «technological resources of management», we can push back economically advanced countries of the world in the next five or ten years. From the knowledge of the technicalities of control theory, we must go to the revision in practice of the defining synergistic principles and approaches in training and retraining of the managers, their skills and abilities. Human resources capabilities in management are truly inexhaustible. When connecting to the base of the enormous natural resources, that will give a synergistic effect in the economy of our country.