Last Updated: 15 Jul 2020 Japanese and English – Bridging the language barrier
There is a tremendous linguistic gap between the Japanese language and English....
Japanese society
Last Updated: 15 Jul 2020 Japanese and American attitudes toward risk
Different structures and incentives of the business environments in Japan and the U.S. also have a major impact on attitudes toward risk. Americans are comfortable charging forward even if...
Last Updated: 15 Jul 2020 Overcoming Japanese risk-adverseness
When risk-averse people like the Japanese feel that they need more information, they tend to stall…Thus, many Americans who work with Japanese firms wonder, how can we get the company...
Last Updated: 12 Jul 2020 The unquenchable thirst for information
A constant niggle I hear from people who aren’t Japanese who work in Japanese companies is the sheer quantity of questions, often on seemingly irrelevant details, that they have to...
Last Updated: 18 Jul 2020 In Japan hierarchy is no malarky
Keep a close eye on hierarchy when meeting Japanese colleagues, building teams, and creating rapport...
Last Updated: 18 Jul 2020 Changing consumer tastes in Japan and Europe
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