How Understanding

Japan Can Help

What We Do We offer inter-cultural Japan business trainings online as well as in presence, coaching and consulting to improve your business with Japanese. All our services are - also online available: • to help understand the Japanese business culture • to improve and promote the cooperation with your Japanese counterparts • to provide valuable advice for Japan- specific situations • to build high performing Japanese - European teams • to enhance inter-cultural competence at your company We help you to work successfully with your Japanese business partner. What do our customers think about us? Lisa Hindson was a participant of a workshop at the IOC - the Intenational Olympic Committee to prepare for the Olympics 2020 in Tokyo.

Japan Business Training

Optimize Your Business In-house Japan Seminar: Customized Japan trainings and Japan workshops conveniently held directly at your company. You chose the relevant topics, the desired length of the training and additions like personal coaching after the event, etc. Open Japan Training: Open for everyone to sign up with participants from different companies all over Germany . Regularly held in Weil am Rhein, close to Basel and Freiburg. Please contact us directly for training days in 2023.

Japan Business Online

Courses

All Online, But Very Interactive Not able to attend a real Japan Business Training? Then train yourself in one of our ONLINE courses. Register here and how! We offer 90 min courses with different topics, e.g. working virtually with Japanese, working in Japanese companies, business etiquette or business trip to Japan . Not enough? There is also a 6 hour course about working effectively with Japanese as well as a Japanese- European team development class Open to everyone online trainings are available as well as one-to-one individual coachings and in-house online trainings. NEW! elearning course: working virtually with Japanese.

Do It As Others Do, Too

Get support for your Japan business • IOC International Olympic Committee, • Airbus, Lufthansa, • Roche, Merz, Sandoz, Ratiopharm • Siemens, Bosch, • Madza Motor, Continental • Konica Minolta, Mitsubishi, • European Committee are just some of the organizations which have improved their Japan business with the help of Understanding Japan.

The Trainer

Ulrike Froehlich Expert for Japanese Business and Management with years of experience working in Japanese government and companies in Japan and in Europe. Academic background: M.A. in Japanese Studies, Economics and Sociology. Speaks Japanese, English and German. Ulrike Froehlich knows the situation Europeans are in when dealing with Japanese and shows ways how to improve Japanese- European business.

Japan Business

Etiquette

A quick look at the most important rules: The good news: as a Westerner, many Japanese will forgive most of the faux pas you make while visiting their country. When these occur, some Japanese will simply think, “Oh, gaijin (foreigner)” and not think anything of it. Nonetheless, here are a few descriptions of common stumbling blocks and what Japanese think about them. You can decide how you would act in such situations.

A Bridge for Business Understanding Japanese Business and Management Style Understanding Japan offers its clients the highest degree of professionalism and expertise in its seminars and webinars on inter-cultural aspects of doing business with Japanese companies. We not only present our clients with solid theoretical background knowledge on Japan, its culture and business practices, but also provide many practical tips and solutions that can be directly implemented. Watch a German YouTube video about Understanding Japan and click subtitles for the English translation.