Marketing Japan

Over the years, many famous actors and actresses from the west have appeared in Japanese TV commercials. It used to be that they could do th...

In Japan, as with most civilized countries, I think it is customary when visiting someone's house or accepting and invite for dinner, th...

In Japan, when someone makes a mistake at your company, and you are the boss, you can never berate that employee in public nor can you, as b...

Over my head in stuff to do but come hell or high water, I still want to post something interesting. Recently, since the Fukushima disaste...

Everyday, first thing I do when I wake up is to turn on my computer and check the stock market and the yen vs. dollar rate.  For this last...

It's still the middle of the Obon summer holdiays and I'm at my folks in law's house. They don't drink, smoke nor gamble so ...

In yesterday's post I blogged about some parents who were suing a school for sending the children home by bus only to have those childre...