ビジネス日本語講座

In Japanese society, it is important to strike the right balance between modesty and assertiveness. People who are overly ambitious are disliked by those around them. On the other hand, a person with no ambition at all may be seen as unmotivated.

Your success as a business person will be determined by the kind of people you meet. In this episode I talk about the luck of meeting people.

In Japanese corporate society, there is a detailed etiquette for exchanging business cards. Here we will look at some of the key points.

Japanese people do not often praise others. It is the same at home, at school, and at work. This lecture will help you understand this general Japanese trait and how to get along well with Japanese people in Japanese companies.

Let’s consider the phrase “you seem to be bored”. Many Japanese people are offended by this phrase. This is because many Japanese being busy is good and being idle is bad.

ビジネスで使われる色々な敬語を考察します。敬語の中には聞いていて違和感を感じるものもありますが、実際のビジネスでは当たり前のように使われているものもあります。I will examine various honorifics used in business. Some are used as a matter of course in actual business.

Once you join a Japanese company, you will be probably invited to company drinking parties. There are a few points to keep in mind at drinking parties.

Even today there are many Japanese companies that forced their employees to be selfless. It is very important to understand the concept of selfless devotion when working for a Japanese company.

Seating order refers to the order of seating, i.e., who sits in which seat. Japanese people are very strict about hierarchical relationships in an organization, and if you ignore them, you will be considered a nuisance who disrupts the order of the organization.

For unmotivated or interested employees, writing daily reports can be a painful task. For managers the daily report is a useful tool. Employees who are not doing their jobs properly may not know what to write in the dairy report. In this episode I will explain what to write in th...

Most people would like to work for a company that offers a lot of pay with little overtime and responsibilities if they don’t have a job they particular want to do. There are some Japanese companies that make it easy for us to work and get paid a lot. Such companies are called lo...

When you start working for a Japanese company, you need to master how to behave from the time you arrive at work in the morning until you leave in the evening. If you pretend to be a serious hard worker, there’s no problem. here is an explanation of how to pray the role of such a...