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- Businesses in Japan – Beanstar Corp
- July 27th, 2011Category: Starting a Business
- Mitsushige Tsuruno wears many hats—PR and social media expert, executive director at Public Relations Society of Japan, instructor in communications, marketing and presentation skills, and last but not least, the best-selling author of more than 20 books on communicat ... » Continue Reading
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- Aggressive Global Strategies Play a Role in Japan’s Economic Rehabilitation
- July 13th, 2011Category: Starting a Business, Work Tips
- Ever since Carlos Ghosn joined Nissan as its chief executive officer in 1999, the company has become a shining example of how aggressive restructuring plans can turn a company around from seemingly inevitable ruin. Starting with Ghosn’s Nissan Revival Plan and later ... » Continue Reading
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- Foreigners in business: Good PR
- May 25th, 2011Category: Starting a Business, Work Tips
- For so long in Japan, whenever a company was confronted with a crisis, the CEO or president would apologize and bow deeply at a press conference…and that was about it. That no longer works, as we are seeing in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster. Having a crisis ma ... » Continue Reading
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- Some Things Needed When Incorporating in Japan
- May 16th, 2011Category: Starting a Business
- Much has been written about the types of companies one can incorporate in Japan, the kabushiki kaisha, the godo kaisha, and the bureaucratic processes involved in incorporating a company. While there are a lot of useful factual sources, there seems to be less informati ... » Continue Reading
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- Aiming for sustainability
- April 25th, 2011Category: Starting a Business
- Earth Hour came and went on March 26. Now what? Green consumers today don’t just think about green, they think about jobs, and love, and family, and travel, and fun etc. It’s about living a good life that also happens to be good for others, and our planet. Today, mor ... » Continue Reading
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- Managing employees in times of crisis
- April 7th, 2011Category: Starting a Business, Work Tips
- While we watch the tragedies of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis unfold in Japan, we cannot grasp the depth of pain and despair. This disaster is becoming a catalyst for, what many sense, will be a sea change for Tokyo’s working environment ... » Continue Reading
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- Incorporating a business in Japan
- March 30th, 2011Category: Starting a Business
- People are responding to the challenges of post-earthquake Japan in a number of rich and varied ways. While some decided to leave the country, others are seeing their creativity unleashed and are getting involved, either through charity work, seeking more fulfilling jo ... » Continue Reading
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- Groupon’s bad press continues in Japan
- February 23rd, 2011Category: Starting a Business
- Few companies can ever hope to match the speed of growth of Groupon, the red-hot buying site that has spread through cities around the world at a frantic pace and here in Japan at least, inspired competitors of just about every shape and size – some of which we looked ... » Continue Reading
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- Lessons learned from the end of a 1,400-year-old business
- February 17th, 2011Category: Starting a Business, Work Tips
- Kongo Gumi is, or rather was, the world's oldest business concern. Located in Japan, the temple building company ran for 1,400 years, survived wars, shoguns, upheavals and the introduction of other religions such as Christianity only to finally succumb to bankruptcy ... » Continue Reading
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- The value of brand Japan
- February 2nd, 2011Category: Starting a Business
- Branding is key in the Japanese market and it doesn't take much of a look around the country's businesses to see how much value is placed in corporate brands (something which goes quite far back). Earlier this week international consultants, Interbrand, released thei ... » Continue Reading
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