So seriously ... would you buy one of these Kawasakis?

[Grumpy Goat]

I wouldn't have an issue buying a product made on that line/shift. It sounds like those workers are very motivated and satisfied. Should make for exceptional quality output I would think. Thanks for posing the question GG.

That was my take as well. 

As a purchaser of the products, I'd only be concerned that their operating processes ensured that the people were properly trained and that their assembly tasks were broken down in such a way that it supported an initially less skilled workforce could do it while maintaining the same level of quality assurance. 

If that is the case then the fact that they are well motivated (due to the good pay), probably less tired (due to the shorter hours), and (probably most importantly to those people) more at ease (due to the timing of the shift) means that the output would probably be even better than a conventional shift operation.

I applaud Kawasaki for taking that initiative and giving it a go.