August 10, 2010 Stuck in a time warp in rural Japan
On my summer vacation, I discover a circa 1985 Japanese city stuck in amber, except for the new modern art museum....
Current events
August 05, 2010 Managing Japanese Subordinates
A summary of the key cultural issues to be aware of when working with Japanese staff....
June 29, 2010 Japanese take little vacation
According to this CNN article, Japanese take the fewest days vacation....
May 30, 2010 A nemawashi how-to
People who work for or with Japanese firms often hear the term nemawashi. But how exactly do you do it?...
October 10, 2009 Long Working Hours in Japanese Companies
There is a disucssion in the Japan Intercultural Consulting Group on the problem of long working hours in Japanese companies both at home and abroad. Here is the historical...
September 15, 2009 Introducing Silver Week (aka “don’t expect to get much work done in late September”)
Do you shake your head every May when all of corporate Japan grinds to a halt with Golden Week? Now there's another set of Japanese holidays to watch out...
August 19, 2009 Feeling foreign in your own country and liberated in other countries
What leads people to settle in another country and do you end up feeling like a foreigner in your home country?...
July 16, 2009 “Vegetarian” Japanese men
There have been quite a few articles in the Japanese media recently about "vegetarian" soshokukei Japanese men...
July 14, 2009 “manner posters” in Tokyo
Tokyo Metro put up posters to remind Japanese travellers of hitherto unspoken etiquette...
