Company announcements and commentary on current issues.
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....
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,...
A look back at the key themes we observed in our work with Japanese companies in 2012 -- New Year's message from Japan Intercultural Consulting...
Foreign executives in Japanese companies need intensive support and guidance, such as coaching from those experienced in managing Japanese employees, and training on how Japanese boards work, if they are...
Here in London, my lack of enthusiasm for the Olympics has been won over by the way it is revealing "Britishness" and some insights on Japan too...
Kazutaka Yamamoto is taking over from Misako Onoda as the head of our Japan Branch....
It seems as if a more than usually high number of chief executives and company presidents in the UK and in Japan are being publicly held to account these past...
Steve Jobs' management style had a lot of in commmon with Japanese....