tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post1644714225819281618..comments2024-03-14T07:32:30.141+09:00Comments on Marketing Japan: If you want to understand what a Japanese wants to say, listen to their hearts and not their words.mike in tokyo rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-21461330968118063452014-04-11T15:35:38.447+09:002014-04-11T15:35:38.447+09:00To summarize:
In the West, meaning and impact com...To summarize:<br /><br />In the West, meaning and impact come directly from what is said and not so much from what is implied.<br /><br />In Japan, it is the complete opposite. It is what is not said that has the meaning. To really get a grasp of communication in Japan, you must learn to 'read between the lines' figure out what the speaker is trying to imply and not focus so much on literal interpretations.<br /><br />Great article, Mike<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910690239157294445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-77553316773184595852014-04-09T08:41:57.406+09:002014-04-09T08:41:57.406+09:00Long time ago, an English friend teaching in Tokyo...Long time ago, an English friend teaching in Tokyo high schools, passed on this advice from a Japanese colleague of his with regard to his female students: "You have to finger their feelings." Memorable, eh?<br /><br />Can't say I'm any better at it now than I was then, tho.<br /><br />And the Japanese are very good at saying "No", in hundreds of diplomatic ways that sound like "yes" until you think about it (or they just don't show up).<br /><br />Sensing another person's mood or intention is a great skill, of course, not limited in usefulness to the Japanese context only.<br /><br />But then again, it can be fun to watch people getting themselves into scrapes because they just "went along to get along"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-56999208234515567132014-04-09T00:32:11.143+09:002014-04-09T00:32:11.143+09:00Still think life would be much easier if Japanese ...Still think life would be much easier if Japanese people would grow a pair and just say what they want.<br />After almost 20 years relationship with my Japanese wife, I still don't understand her sometimes…<br />;)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-27685830942564427662014-04-08T11:15:58.638+09:002014-04-08T11:15:58.638+09:00Wow Mike. That was a great! I'm currently havi...Wow Mike. That was a great! I'm currently having difficulties at work dealing with some foreign clients (Indian in this case, not Japanese). Now I'm thinking that some of my problems may lie with my too literal American approach.<br /><br />I'm looking at things in a whole new light!Shawnesyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089544322801486961noreply@blogger.com