Cross-cultural issues

'About Japan' webinar series 188: How to build trusting and long-lasting relations with Japanese partners (MIRAI case study)

MAR

2022

How can you overcome cultural differences and build trusting partners

10:00 - 11:00

'Cross-Cultural' webinar series 1: Techniques for Communicating Effectively with Japanese Partners

MAY

2022

Do you want to accelerate the transparency, quality and smoothness of communication with Japanese partners?

10:30 - 11:30

'Cross-Cultural' webinar series 2: Influencing decision-making processes in Japanese organisations

MAY

2022

Do you want to understand and influence decision-making processes in Japanese organisations?

10:30 - 11:30

'Cross-Cultural' webinar series 3: Trust, Networking and Relationship Building

MAY

2022

Do you want to accelerate the transparency, quality and smoothness of trust and relationship building with Japanese partners?

10:30 - 11:30

'Cross-Cultural' webinar series 4: Aligning strategy with Japanese counterparts

MAY

2022

Do you want to accelerate the transparency, quality and smoothness of strategic planning with Japanese partners?

10:30 - 11:30

'Cross-Cultural' webinar series 5: Techniques for effective virtual communication with Japanese partners

JUN

2022

Do you want to accelerate the transparency, quality and smoothness of virtual communication with Japanese partners?

10:30 - 11:30

Report: From Understanding to Navigating Japanese Business Culture

This report provides a comprehensive overview on cultural differences between Japan and Europe in order to help European SMEs accelerate the speed and quality of collaborative arrangements with Japanese partners.

Report: Japanese-European Mergers & Acquisitions: Cross-cultural challenges and keys to post-M&A success

“Japanese-European M&As: Cross-cultural challenges and keys to post-M&A success” aims to better understand the reasons why European-Japanese M&As have not been more successful in the post-M&A process.

Report: Techniques for effective virtual communication with Japanese partners

Under the Covid crisis we surveyed a wide range of Japanese managers involved in large-scale Japanese-European collaborative arrangements about their experiences of online business meetings and virtual communication with their European counterparts.

Report: Working in Japan as an Expatriate: Practical Guidance towards Achieving Assignment Success

This report offers practical guidance to EU-based organisations that are considering investing in expatriate assignments as a means towards exploring and exploiting business opportunities in Japan.

Report: Working in Japan as an Expatriate: Step-by-step guide and checklist for future expatriates

This report is prepared for expatriates and human resource staff to secure a smooth transition to Japan.

Webinar 105: Cross-cultural Issues: Meetings and Negotiations with Japanese partners (part 3)

OCT

2017

How can I make meetings with Japanese partners more effective and achieve

10:30 - 11:30

Webinar 108: Cross-cultural Issues: Managing Japanese human resources (part 4)

NOV

2017

What are the key features of Japanese leadership and how to adapt to them

10:30 - 11:30

Webinar 123: Cross-cultural Issues: Getting in touch (Part 1)

SEP

2018

How do I establish first contacts and lay the basis for a good relationsh

10:30 - 11:30

Webinar 124: Cross-cultural Issues: A first encounter (Part 2)

OCT

2018

How can I turn my first encounter with Japanese business partners into a

10:30 - 11:30

Webinar 128: Cross-cultural Issues: Following up and sustaining the relationship (Part 3)

NOV

2018

How do I follow up visits in Japan and keep in touch with Japanese Busine

10:30 - 11:30

Webinar 130: Cross-cultural Issues: Negotiations and closing the deal (Part 4)

DEC

2018

How do I successfully prepare and negotiate a deal?

10:30 - 11:30

Webinar 135: Cross Cultural Issues: Overcoming mutual perceptions of distance and difference

MAR

2019

How can European SMEs both overcome and exploit mutual perceptions of dis

10:00 - 11:00

Webinar 136: Cross Cultural Issues: Business communication & styles comparison between Japan and Europe

MAR

2019

Are there distinctive styles of Japanese business communication?

10:00 - 11:00

Webinar 137: Cross Cultural Issues: Organising a business trip to Japan: getting noticed

APR

2019

How can managers in EU-based SMEs most effectively prepare for investing

10:00 - 11:00

Cross-cultural issues

How can you overcome cultural differences and build trusting partners

How can I make meetings with Japanese partners more effective and achieve

What are the key features of Japanese leadership and how to adapt to them

How do I establish first contacts and lay the basis for a good relationsh

How can I turn my first encounter with Japanese business partners into a

How do I follow up visits in Japan and keep in touch with Japanese Busine

How do I successfully prepare and negotiate a deal?

How can European SMEs both overcome and exploit mutual perceptions of dis

Are there distinctive styles of Japanese business communication?

How can managers in EU-based SMEs most effectively prepare for investing

EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation