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Tweet and Japan will follow

July 27th, 2010By GaijinPotCategory: Networking Events

Twitter Chief Executive Evan Williams celebrated the dramatic growth of the popular microblogging service he co-founded at a dinner event Friday with 500 Japanese fans and promised to learn from them. Zuco / Flikr Twitter has been a huge hit in Japan. As Williams no ... » Continue Reading
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Time for Japan to internationalize?

July 26th, 2010By GaijinPotCategory: Starting a Business

Of the two 'lost-decades' that Japan has experienced since the bursting of its economic bubble, there have been few economic success stories. Sure, new products from the likes of Sony or Toyota have been big hits, but since 1991 new and original companies have been f ... » Continue Reading
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Rakuten’s decision on English not welcomed

July 20th, 2010By GaijinPotCategory: Teaching in Japan

Corporate officers who do not become proficient in English in two years’ time will be fired. That was the mandate set forward by Hiroshi Mikitani, president and CEO of Rakuten, which operates the largest Internet shopping site in Japan. We previously covered that move, ... » Continue Reading
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Are you the next CEO of Softbank?

July 15th, 2010By GaijinPotCategory: Starting a Business

Two nights ago Softbank held an online webcast introducing their vision for the next 30 years and reviewing their progress over the previous decades. The company was one of the first to invest in Yahoo.com before the dot com boom, then took the Yahoo! Brand to Japan an ... » Continue Reading
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Japan’s Youngest Billionaire

July 13th, 2010By GaijinPotCategory: Work Tips

If you ever spend time watching Japanese TV you can't fail to of come across ads by Gree, DENA or Mobage-town. The two companies are rivals in Japan's booming mobile content market – producing games and social networks that folks of all ages are happy to spend money ... » Continue Reading
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Tips for Sales Jobs in Japan Part III

July 8th, 2010By GaijinPotCategory: Work Tips

Bobby / Flikr In this part, we will finish off about the all-important idea of the salesperson’s skills that we covered previously in part I and part II. Thanks to David Sweet, Senior Manager at Specialized Group K.K. for working with GP to put these pointers togeth ... » Continue Reading
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Salaries in Japan

July 5th, 2010By GaijinPotCategory: Starting a Business

Under new government requirements, aimed at boosting corporate openness, Japanese listed companies now have to disclose the pay of executives who received 100 million yen ($1 million) or more as part of their year-end of financial year AGMs. In FY2010 the highe ... » Continue Reading
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English Speaking Japanese Companies

June 30th, 2010By GaijinPotCategory: Starting a Business

The company behind fashion brand Uniqlo, Fast Retailing Co., is making English the “official language” among its management and head office staff from March 2012. The company is also putting an emphasis on those with foreign experience among it's new recruits. Fast ... » Continue Reading
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Tips for Sales Jobs in Japan Part II

June 28th, 2010By GaijinPotCategory: Work Tips

Last time we spoke of many attributes of a salesperson’s mindset, knowing that before a salesperson goes out to meet a customer or prospect, they need to be in top-state. These tips are universal, but were added here to help those interested in working in sales positi ... » Continue Reading
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The Senbei Cafe

June 9th, 2010By GaijinPotCategory: Starting a Business

This is Takako Endo (遠藤貴子) – the lady entrepreneur behind a new food brand, Twhy Twhy. Tokyoite Takako has just launched the new website – www.senbeicafe.com – from which she sells senbei (rice crackers) in a variety of cool and unusual flavors. For example, visit th ... » Continue Reading