he world population of diabetes patients. The world population is estimated to be around 7,500million. And there are around 430million people getting diabetes that is 8.8% of the world adult population. The diabetes ratio has been increasing faster than the growth of the population, and will achieve to 9.9% in 2045. Top 10 […]
When you meet several Japanese people, the person with the highest position will exchange cards first. You should start exchanging the business card with the highest person, then step down following the position. Generally, Japanese business people will arrange the line in order at the business cards exchange. Person with the highest position seats behind the TAXI driver and the lowest […]
Japan is an island. So the islanders share the same topics and language, then have relatively similar personalities compared to other countries. Japanese character develops into group consciousness, then Japanese distinguish outsiders. Many of Japanese people call outsiders all “Gaijin” rather than distinguish people one by one from Japanese. So Japanese have a tendency that they prefer to interact with […]
For foreign business people, Japanese seem to quiet or/and lack of participation in multicultural meetings. There would be several or mixed reasons; People do not have high confidence in their English and have a tendency to remain silent People speak official line and withhold their true intention or personal opinion in official meetings People wait for upper hierarchy’s opinion which would be […]
Japanese large cap companies make decisions based upon the group consensus. The Japanese decision making process is quit a long, but there are several positive outcomes; sufficient understanding of the contents of the decision with the reasons among the attended people and the related organizations fast and smooth implementation with the high understanding and commitment among attended people to […]
For foreign business people, Japanese contracts are too abstract or vague in many cases. Because of relationship oriented culture, the Japanese contract is to summarize the agreement and the willingness to start the business together rather than clarifying clear responsibilities as the promises, the limitations, and the exact period. So Japanese contract is prepared being flexible based on mutual trust to be able to […]
