You’re not Japanese, you’re a foreigner. You want to live and work in Japan because: You have friends, or know someone, who lived in Japan and told you how wonderful it is You’re a big manga fan and working in Japan would be so cool You took a semester or two of Japanese in school …
“Who will distribute and sell my brand?” is the most common question businesses ask when entering any new market. Like with many simple questions, it’s not always easy to find a good or a quick answer. And Japan is certainly no exception. In my experience of consumer products in Japan and the region, there are …
This Post is originally from humblebunny.com This Executive Summary was written by Kevin Zona Similar to the way a superhero is molded by tragic events, Line was made in a response to the communication problem experienced during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Nobody expected it would end up taking Japan by storm, with 90.2% of all Japanese …
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To March 2016, the total public cost of dealing with the aftermath of the March 2011 nuclear accident at TEPCO’s (Tokyo Electric Power’s) Fukushima No. 1 plant topped JPY4.2 trillion, including costs for radioactive decontamination, reactor decommissioning and compensation payments to affected people and organizations, which translates into about ¥33,000 per capita. Despite strong public …
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Hello everyone! I am Donny Kimball and by day I am a PR consultant at Kyodo PR. Lately though more and more I have been moonlighting as an online influencer. For the past six months or so I have been actively putting a lot of work into developing a personal brand for myself on social …
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When a foreign company and/or a foreign entrepreneur consider of launching a business in Japan there should be several factors to take into account in order to draw up an appropriate plan and get well prepared for business startup. I have published a comprehensive report in the website of EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation describing …
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This Post is originally from Tim Romero’s excellent Website and Podcast; Disrupting Japan – Your Inside Track on the Startups Changing Japan. Option to Subscribe to Tim’s Podcast are here This Executive Summary was written by David Forncrook Airbnb in Japan is facing some significant operating model challenges in spite of Japan being the second largest market for them …
This Post is originally from Tim Romero’s excellent Website and Podcast; Disrupting Japan – Your Inside Track on the Startups Changing Japan. Option to Subscribe to Tim’s Podcast are here This Executive Summary was written by David Forncrook Paul Chapman, a founder of Moneytree, presents well learned lessons for doing business, raising capital in Japan and how to navigate …
What’s Holding FinTech Back in Japan – Executive Summary – DisruptingJapan.comRead More »
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