Company announcements and commentary on current issues.
According to Keio Professor Shunsuke Takahashi, the problem with Japanese work habits is not the lack of balance in terms of time spent at work and time with the family,...
Welcoming experienced consultant Paul Jaffe to our team in New York....
The death of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher prompted much reflection on national and cultural identity in 2013 and the debate continues into 2014 - so as we look...
Japan Intercultural Consulting's annual year-end letter....
Professor Shunsuke Takahashi points to the workaholism behind long working hours in Japan and how times have changed, so that "gambaru" (try your hardest) is no longer enough - employees...
Sarah Fremerman Aptilon Joins the Japan Intercultural Consulting Team in Kansas....
We're excited to have a new member of our team in Albany, NY!...
Japanese Prime Minister Abe is visiting Turkey again this week, so I thought I would share the article I wrote for the Teikoku Databank News shortly after...
As we often point out in our seminars, it's not just the language barrier that causes problems when using English with Japanese colleagues, it's that English just sounds rude sometimes...
A Japanese culture expert reviews the new movie about General MacArthur and the U.S. occupation of Japan....