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Culture News Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the culture facet of life. Culture-News Blog: Japanese-Culture News Read for free: “Behind the Japanese Mask” – New ebook explores Japanese culture and business practices: November 19, 2007
As the Japanese proverb says, “Beginning is easy, continuing is hard” – a sentiment familiar to anyone trying to do business with Japan. This new ebook from Jonathan Rice takes readers below the surface of Japanese culture to explain the psychology behind the way Japanese people live and work, making it easier to build lasting, fruitful business relationships. Japan is the world's second largest market, competitor, and partner. With 125 million people it's a large country with considerable influence. Technologically it is very advanced: there are about 20 million internet users, and 50 million mobile phone users. 15% of the world’s economy is in Japan, and 25% of the world's high-tech products are made there. But trying to trade with Japan without understanding Japanese business ethics is bound to lead to misunderstanding and crossed wires. Take, for example, the fact that in a business situation, there is no such word as ‘No’, only ‘You may be right’, which really means, ‘Hypothetically, you could be right, but in fact you are completely wrong.’ Jonathan Rice is well qualified to explore where the mask ends and the face begins, having worked with the Japanese for over thirty years. A cross-cultural business consultant and lecturer, he has lived in Japan for ten years and lectures on working with the Japanese at Farnham Castle Centre for International Briefing. He is also the author of several books on cross-cultural issues, of which “Behind the Japanese Mask” is his most recent. Culture News Blog Comment: Japanese culture, even though Japan is the world's second largest market, stresses its workers the most as compared with the workers in other business cultures. Also Japanese workers contract the maximum stress related illnesses as per data available. For them life is a perennial challenge, and never an occasion to celebrate! Agreed they have succeeded, and this they have done with a great margin! But nothing comes for free. They have paid a heavy price for it. They have turned their lives into a machine, keeping all the human sensitivities at bay. What is this culture going to do in the wake of the impending threat of imminent global warming threatening to end life on this planet? ?I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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