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Last Updated: 11 Jul 2020 The five elements of building trust between Japanese and European business cultures
If I were to capture what I try to do in my work in one phrase, it would be “build trust between Japanese and European business cultures.” How trust is...
Last Updated: 11 Jul 2020 2019 New Year Greetings from Japan Intercultural Consulting
It’s been another busy year here at Japan Intercultural Consulting and as always we are grateful to our clients for giving us the opportunity to assist them with their cross-cultural...
Last Updated: 11 Jul 2020 JIC partners with Charis Intercultural to expand global training offerings
I’m excited to announce a new partnership that will expand our global offerings....
Last Updated: 11 Jul 2020 Was Carlos Ghosn’s real crime failure to “read the air”?
Surely there were other ways that Nissan could have addressed issues with Ghosn rather than calling the cops on him. However, what Nissan did does match a common pattern that...
Last Updated: 11 Jul 2020 The #MeToo movement and the Japanese workplace
This interview in the Japan Times with a traumatized Japanese salaryman about the impact of #MeToo on his Japanese workplace (and his marriage!) resonated with many of us who...
Last Updated: 11 Jul 2020 Dealing with the demon Japanese customer
I thought Google Translate's Japanese to English had improved tremendously recently and it turns out this is indeed the case, since they introduced Neural Machine Translation in November 2017....
Last Updated: 11 Jul 2020 2018 New Year’s Message from Japan Intercultural Consulting
It’s been another busy year here at Japan Intercultural Consulting and as always we are grateful to our clients for giving us the opportunity to assist them with their cross-cultural...
Last Updated: 11 Jul 2020 NEW! Online Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Training videos in Japanese
For over 20 years Japan Intercultural Consulting has provided sexual harassment and discrimination prevention training conducted in Japanese to Japanese-affiliated companies in the U.S. Responding to requests from our clients,...
Last Updated: 11 Jul 2020 Giving feedback across cultures is not just a language issue for Japanese managers
The norms of the workplace are rooted in our educational systems....