Maru from Tokyo·Sep 29Apparently, I Was Sitting in the Boss’s SeatStraight out of high school, I learned that becoming an adult in Japan came with rules nobody had taught me.A response icon3
Junichiro Yanagimoto·Aug 25Aboute me: Looking at Japan from LondonHello, and welcome. Here is a little about me and why I write here.
Maru from Tokyo·Jul 26In Japan, a Good Meeting Is Not Good NewsFor twenty years, I watched proposals survive meetings and die afterward.
Maru from Tokyo·Jul 21I Thought “We’ll Check Internally” Meant No. Then I Said It Myself.What I learned about the gap between personal support and company decisions in Japanese business.
Maru from Tokyo·Jun 26The Day I Learned That “Positive” Does Not Mean Yes in JapanWhen I was young, a client once told me they would “consider my proposal positively.”
