This is the first in a series of Summaries of the detailed Japan Business Guides put together by Business In Japan core partner, SMEJapan.com. The SMEJapan business guides are free resources for entrepreneurs to help them understand more about doing Business in Japan and stepping through the process of Japanese company incorporation. If you want …
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This is a summary of a post by Dominic Carter, longtime Japan market researcher and strategist from CarterJMRN, a strategic market research agency in Japan. Pondering why some famous brands win (Starbucks and Disney) and many more fail with Japan market entry, Dominic presents in considerable detail, his three golden rules to a successful market …
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This is a summary of the three consumer behavior traits that affect Japanese website design from btrax’s blog, freshtrax. You can read the original article here. Characteristics of Japanese Web Design Japanese websites are known to be busy and text-heavy because Japanese customers want to see as much information as possible when looking at websites. …
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Are Japanese workers are slaves with no mind of their own? Maybe it’s time to rethink the salaryman stereotype. Do you sometimes feel sorry for the poor Japanese salarymen, slaving away selflessly for the good of their corporation and never allowed to be creative or take risks? If so, perhaps your pity for the poor …
This is a quick Summary of a great little professionally produced, 20 minute video introduction and interview based guide to doing business in Japan, from Aussie Economist Tim Harcourt, who is ‘The Airport Economist‘. The Airport Economist is a television show and series of best-selling books which bring expertise and insight to global economics, business …
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Building trust with the Japanese is important. That’s the message coming from the mature people in Japan who want to share their skills at work for as long as they can. Half of Japan’s population is aged over 50 and 27% of people are older than 65. What could people from other countries learn from …
Building trust with the Japanese is important. But when it comes to asking people about their country, we can’t always believe what they say. That’s because people tend to generalise about Japan, based on their own experiences and perspective. That can be a problem when it comes to business, as generalisations oversimplify the varied ways …
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Key subjects: The role of the working environment in communication The prevalence of ‘Tatemae’ and the difficulty to find ‘honne’ The impact of ‘unspoken rules’ and etiquette in common culture Japanese act differently A summary from Kim Christian Botho Pedersen: Looking inside the Japanese mind: 7.1 – Difference between the Japanese employee / professionals and …
Below is Julian Bashore’s answer to this question on Quora. Yes, you bet Japan is a good country for business for a whole host of reasons. From my perspective as a manager working in a B2B environment, I will list some less obvious reasons as follows: 1) Loyalty of workforce Everyone from the custodial staff to …
This is a pretty awesome article, so I had to summarize it. It’s a long summary for a long article – there is after all a lot to understand here. You’ll learn about the the state of hiring, and firing, in Japan. Although aimed at people outside Japan needing to understand what it is going …