Cross-cultural communication

Why don’t Japanese share more information?

Articles, Cross-cultural communication, Working with Japanese by Rochelle Kopp

Due to their struggles using and understanding the English language, Japanese often get exhausted trying to express themselves, and give up before they have communicated all the necessary information. ...

Does videoconferencing work?

Articles, Cross-cultural communication, Meetings by Pernille Rudlin

When it comes to communicating with Japanese counterparts, video conferencing is still no replacement for face-to-face meetings....

Why Japanese love charts, graphs, and diagrams

Articles, Cross-cultural communication, Japanese business by Rochelle Kopp

The other day I was teaching a seminar on Working Effectively with Americans to a group of Japanese expatriates from a major electronics manufacturer’s U.S. subsidiary. We were discussing...