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“Now is the Time to Travel to Japan—The Opportunity Brought by a Weaker Yen”

“Now is the Time to Travel to Japan—The Opportunity Brought by a Weaker Yen”

The number of visitors to Japan reached an all-time high in March, with over 3 million foreign tourists visiting. Due to the influence of a weaker yen, Japan is now a more affordable travel destination compared to other developed countries. This situation has particularly brought significant changes to inbound tourism, increasing the number of attractive […]

You can enjoy seasonal events in Japan

You can enjoy seasonal events in Japan

Japanese have been coexisted with nature, so that they believe that a god lives in mountains, rivers, rocks, forests, the sea, animals, etc. This animism belief is called “Shinto. Since Japan is in the warm zone, there are four seasons that enable them to enjoy each season’s events. They enjoy flower viewing especially cherry blossoms […]

“Goshuin” stamp Collection for the memory of Japan travel

“Goshuin” stamp Collection for the memory of Japan travel

One of the highlights of Japan travel is visiting shrines and temples, including famous Meiji jingu shrine, Kinkakuji temple and Kiyomizu Temple. There are many others. It is said there are more than 80,000 shrines and 70,000 temples in Japan. Shrines represent Japanese original religion Shinto, while temples Buddhism. Japan is a polytheistic society Shinto […]

Fake advertisement using new technology

Fake advertisement using new technology

It is making a fuss that many people are cheated by the fake ads using the AI moving image and voice of well-known people like journalists, commentators or entrepreneurs. Those used people are upset and asking to delete those ads to the platformers. Who can judge, it is fake or not? This kind of fake […]

Japanese local trains like in amusement park

Japanese local trains like in amusement park

Many tourists use trains for sightseeing. The super express train “shinkansen” is known for its speed and safety, which has had no human accidents since entering inro service in 1964. On the other hand, local trains are used for the area commuting and operated exactly as scheduled, as well as shinkansen. Among them some lines […]

Why do new employees resign in short period?

Why do new employees resign in short period?

April is starting month in Japan for schools, and administration’s as well as many companies’ fiscal year. So, many newly graduated employees start to work. However, many of them are resigning the companies in a few weeks as their work and environment are different from the explanation on the interview. New employees have different work […]

Japanese value trust more than contracts

Japanese value trust more than contracts

Japanese business will not start to conduct business until they trust the new party. Japanese would think the result is the same, regardless of you exchange the written contract. They only want to carry out the business smoothly based on mutual trust, not on the paper. Japanese contract is often for formality If one side […]

Consensus of all staff involved is important

Consensus of all staff involved is important

It takes a long time in general before you can start a business with a Japanese company, so some non-Japanese try to do it in the Western way, approaching first the executives of the company. This approach will not work well. Direct sales to the top would not work The executive would probably hand your […]