Why attend Doing Business in Japan? As the world’s second largest economy, Japan offers a wealth of investment and market opportunities to international businesses. Doing business in Japan, however, is not without its challenges for foreign business. Japanese culture is well known for its unique etiquette and traditions and international business is not exempt from these influences. Understanding Japanese culture, ethics and business values is paramount to any organisation wanting to conduct business in today's rapidly progressing Japan.
Communicaid’s public cultural awareness course, Doing Business in Japan, is ideal for professionals and teams who need to build more successful business relationships with Japanese colleagues, partners and clients. You will be provided with the tools to maximise the competitive advantage of doing business in Japan through a mixture of in-depth background information on Japan and hands-on practical tips and solutions for working with the Japanese.
Benefits
Communicaid’s Doing Business in Japan courses will provide you with:
- A clear understanding of the key drivers and motivators of your Japanese business
counterparts
- Greater awareness of Japanese culture and business etiquette
- Practical strategies for doing business more effectively with Japanese counterparts
- Better understanding of the potential issues and solutions involved in establishing or doing
business in Japan
Who should attend
A Communicaid Doing business in Japan course will be of benefit to you if you are:
- Considering doing business in Japan
- Managing projects remotely with Japanese colleagues or partners
- Establishing partnerships with Japanese companies
- Experiencing the challenges of doing business in Japan
- Employing Japanese nationals within your organisation
Course content
Doing Business in Japan course includes:
- Overview of Japanese economic, political and business environment
- Japanese culture: religion, history, language, beliefs and customs
- Japanese cultural values and attitudes in the workplace
- Management and working styles for doing business in Japan
- Communication styles when doing business in Japan
- Challenges and solutions for doing business in Japan Doing Business in Japan Course Trainer*
Your Doing Business in Japan trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus. Detailed below is the profile of a member of our Japanese cultural training team.
PR
PR spent her early childhood in Japan, and went on to study Modern History and Economics at Oxford University. She later completed an MBA at the European Institute of Business Administration.
Before working as an Account Executive for a global public relations consultancy, PR worked in
the luxury goods market in Japan in a marketing capacity. She then worked as a Marketing Representative for Mitsubishi Corporation in the UK for two years, before relocating to Tokyo where she worked in a number of roles for Mitsubishi Corporation. PR then retuned to the UK to work for Mitsubishi Corporation International N.V. as a Manager of the Information Management Team. In these various roles throughout her career PR gained extensive experience of presenting, and an in-depth knowledge of the Japanese business community.
PR has delivered a range of group and individual Doing Business in Japan cultural awareness programmes for key Communicaid clients including Nomura, Sony, Pfizer, Astra Zeneca and De Beers LV.
She speaks Japanese fluently and has published a number of books related to Japanese business culture. * Please note that Communicaid reserves the right to change course trainers, location and timetable, as scheduling commitments require. In each case, we make every effort to keep you informed and to ensure any disruption to you is minimal.
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