Last Updated: 12 Jul 2020 Paul Jaffe joins Japan Intercultural Consulting as New York Representative
Welcoming experienced consultant Paul Jaffe to our team in New York....
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Last Updated: 12 Jul 2020 Japan and the legacy of Margaret Thatcher
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...
Last Updated: 12 Jul 2020 Leadership, women, global human resource development were key topics for 2013
Japan Intercultural Consulting's annual year-end letter....
Last Updated: 12 Jul 2020 The problem with long working hours in Japan
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...
Last Updated: 12 Jul 2020 Japan Intercultural Consulting now in Kansas City
Sarah Fremerman Aptilon Joins the Japan Intercultural Consulting Team in Kansas....
Last Updated: 12 Jul 2020 Japan Intercultural Consulting welcomes new consultant, Elizabeth Floyd Mair, in Albany NY
We're excited to have a new member of our team in Albany, NY!...
Last Updated: 12 Jul 2020 Are Japan and Turkey culturally similar?
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...
Last Updated: 12 Jul 2020 English in the workplace seems too rude to Japanese ears
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...
Last Updated: 12 Jul 2020 Movie Review: Emperor
A Japanese culture expert reviews the new movie about General MacArthur and the U.S. occupation of Japan....
Last Updated: 12 Jul 2020 Why 80% of Japanese returning to Japan HQ quit
Japanese employers need to view employees departing for foreign companies as “alumni”; by keeping in touch and keeping the door open should they wish to return a few years later,...