Cultural Assessment
Most visited city in Japan
What is Tokyo?
Customary physical greeting in Japan
What is bowing?
japans most popular sport
What is Baseball?
Traditional Japanese garment and national dress of Japan
What is a kimono?
Japans biggest trading partner
China
How to accept business cards
Western society focuses on individuality while Japan focuses on
What is conformity
Age demographic of Japan. Why??
What is aging population and low birthrate
Sign of respect when entering Japanese household, guesthouse, and temples
Taking off your shoes
Japans biggest export
What are cars?
Non verbal form of communication used everywhere but especially in Japan
Body language
Japan's rank in the world economy
What is third?
Japan is a hard market to partner in for foreigners to get into because
What is that Japanese people like to build report and a relationship with those they do business with?
Biggest religion in Japan
What is Shinto
Japans Biggest Imports
What is Mineral fuels including oil
(US$195.5 billion (24.9% of total imports))
Japans business hierarchy is dependent on
Japans minimum wage
What is ¥1,163 in Tokyo, ¥1,162 in Kanagawa, and ¥1,114 in Osaka
Japans unemployment rate
What is 3%
Omotenashi
What is a Japanese expression that roughly describes concepts of hospitality.
- Key elements are paying attention to the small details, anticipating the needs of others, and going above and beyond to meet them
Japans service sector takes up this much of their GDP
What is about 70%
group-oriented method is used to gain consensus
What is the Ringi System?
Japans yen is down due to
What is delayed prospect of rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve and the strength of the US economy?
- Wide gap in interest rates
- Bank of Japan has been raising the target interest rate on Japanese government bonds and announcing that it was sharply reducing the amount of bonds it buys as part of its efforts to control interest rates.
Sector that focuses on creating solutions for Japan’s vast urban areas, including transportation and housing.