THE “MUST HAVE” TOP TIPS GUIDE TO DOING BUSINESS IN JAPAN! This quick-fix guide will give you the inside information on how to do business and cope with business socialising in Japan, helping to ensure that you maximise your time in Japan or in dealing with your Japanese business colleagues, thus making you a greater asset to your company and your profession. Topics covered include: Preparing for your trip. Understanding Japanese communication styles. How to navigate your first business meeting – what to do and what NOT to do! Overcoming the language barrier. Understanding the importance of hierarchy - consensus-building, nemawashi, and protocol. How to cope with social invitations and understand their critical importance in a business relationship. Hosting Japanese visitors. Special tips for women doing business in Japan. A list of useful phrases.
Rochelle Kopp is an authority on Japanese culture and business. As a consultant specializing in cross-cultural communications, she has extensive experience working with Japanese organizations and their non-Japanese suppliers and partners.
Rochelle gained firsthand experience of Japanese corporate culture when she lived in Japan and worked at the Tokyo headquarters of a major Japanese financial institution. She speaks, reads, and writes Japanese fluently.
Rochelle is Managing Principal of Japan Intercultural Consulting, which provides cross-cultural training and human resource management consulting to Japanese-affiliated companies and joint ventures, as well as working with American firms that have Japanese customers and suppliers. She is also a frequent speaker on cross-cultural topics, and is a contributor to various Japanese publications.
Further information about Rochelle and her work is available at www.japanintercultural.com.
