ビジネス日本語講座

This episode questions the old belief that reading the Nikkei automatically means thinking. The Nikkei once gave Japanese salary workers a shared language about companies, finance, and policy, but it also trained them to accept a single worldview. By consuming it daily, people le...

This episode explores the phenomenon of “cosplay executives” in online business culture, where language replaces substance. It shows how polished endings, polite phrases, and trendy buzzwords create the image of leadership without real experience. Terms like KPI, LTV, PL, BS, and...

This episode explores a deep human instinct: the need to believe our lives were not wasted. When reality feels like placement rather than choice, we create stories to protect ourselves. In Japan, corporate life is often justified through narratives of endurance, communication, an...

This episode questions the modern belief that persistence is always virtuous. Continuation began as a practical means to reach goals, yet it has quietly become a moral standard that replaces substance with duration. We explore how society rewards stability, low risk, and friction...

In this episode, I explain why “cunning” is the most important skill for surviving long term in Japanese companies. It does not mean cheating or breaking rules, but mastering subtle adaptation to an environment that values harmony and risk avoidance over truth or performance. Suc...

In this episode, I explain why the phrase “it’s not too late” is often dangerous. Although it sounds hopeful and encouraging, it is usually a psychological trigger designed to rush decisions and stop critical thinking. It ignores market structure, timing, and real risks, and late...

In this episode, I explore why modern Japan rarely creates stories of people who die for abstract ideals such as nations, religions, or grand principles. Rather than criticizing or praising this tendency, I describe it as a structural feature of Japanese society. Everyday life, f...

In this episode, I explore how desire is treated in Japanese society. Desire itself is not forbidden, but showing it openly is. People are expected to hide their personal wants behind harmless stories such as “self-growth,” “learning,” or “contributing to society.” As a result, o...

In this episode, I examine what “being good at work” really means in a world where most labor cannot be measured by numbers. Office work is judged through vague impressions rather than clear results, yet these evaluations still shape careers. I argue that today’s problem is not i...

In this episode, I examine why modern “celebrity business owners” and flow-based entrepreneurs no longer provoke class anger, but are instead consumed as entertainment. By comparing flow businesses that survive on constant energy and hype with stock businesses built on trust and ...

In this episode, I question the way self-help culture assumes that life must always have meaning. Many motivational messages begin with the promise that your struggles are meaningful and your life is destined for purpose. While this sounds kind, it can quietly become dangerous. I...

In this episode, I examine a paradox of modern society: as more people succeed through personal responsibility, those who cannot survive by that logic gradually lose their voice. Self-reliance, effort, and competition are not wrong, and they have created many capable and independ...