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What happens when an overseas manager is caught between the Japanese parent company and the U.S. operation...
New year's greetings build stronger relationships with colleagues, customers and suppliers...
Handling first encounters properly demonstrates respect, openness and flexibility...
Introducing a resource in Japanese that looks at what a vision really is, and how a Japanese company can get one....
We almost always get asked to cover how to use Japanese honorifics in our training sessions. There is a simple answer, but unfortunately lots of complicated answers too!...
How to agree on goals and communicate them in ways that work across cultures...
Factors that must be addressed when bringing a new product or service from abroad to Japan...
How to overcome a sticky impasse with Japanese and get results...
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...
It's hard to motivate and retain locally hired staff in Europe simply by promotion to "manager" for Japanese multinationals with multiple small scale subsidiaries....