Bow, shake hands or poke someone in the eye?
Most non-Japanese people worry too much about bowing when meeting Japanese counterparts - even though it's true bowing is deeply engrained in the Japanese psyche...
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Most non-Japanese people worry too much about bowing when meeting Japanese counterparts - even though it's true bowing is deeply engrained in the Japanese psyche...
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apanese expatriates must accept that their job is not simply to report back to Japan headquarters what is happening in the European subsidiaries...
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