Jun 27, 2018
Longevity In Business In Japan
Longevity means a lot in Japan. People who are risk averse like the fact your company has been around for a long time. They know there is a certain degree of track record there. They sense you are stable, predictable, credible, reliable – all indicators that you are a low risk choice...
Jun 20, 2018
Praise or Flattery: Doing Business In Japan
Japan is awash with praise but it is praise more on the flattery side of the equation. When you get here and you speak a few words of Japanese they will quickly tell you how fluent in Japanese you are. You use chopsticks at the restaurant and you get praised for mastering...
Jun 16, 2018
Dealing With Crime In Business in Japan
Crime is going to be a feature of any society. There are going to be different elements of crime – activities that affect your personal safety, fraud coming from outside your firm and fraud coming from within your company. Organised crime the Yakuza are well established...
Jun 5, 2018
Face Is Very Important In Business In Japan
If you enjoy a good debate, well Japan is not the place for you then. In Western culture debating is part of the education system. You may have been on the debating team in High School or may have participated in debates during English class. But what is a debate? It is...