Culture Course
 
 
Do not embarrass yourself in the meeting with Japanese anymore!
One-day Japanese Business and Culture Course (9am-5pm)
» We also provide in-house training
Objectives
» To learn Japanese culture and national character
» To understand the Japanese business mind, business style, and business manner
» To learn useful tips and tricks on how to socialize with the Japanese
» To learn useful daily greetings
Course Outline
» Greetings / Features of the Japanese language
» Geographical Perspective
Tea break
» The Japanese People
» Japanese business manner
» Doing business with the Japanese
Lunch
» Communicating with the Japanese
» Japanese History
» Japanese Culture, Religion and Politics

Tea break

» Living and Dwellings
» Eating and Dining
Content
  Greetings / Features of Japanese language (30 mins)
   
  • Introduction to the Japanese language
  • Learn some basic greetings (with a hand out)
  •   Geographical perspective  (20 mins)
       
  • Climate, Natural resources
  • Location of major cities and their features
  •   The Japanese People  (30 mins)
  • General facts
  • National holidays
  • The Japanese national character
  • Education system
  • Social structure
  • Family picture
  •  

    Tea Break (15 mins)

      Japanese Business Manner (90 mins)
       
  • The use of titles
  • Bowing and handshaking
  • Exchanging business cards
  • Seating arrangements
  • In-group and Out-group
  • Meeting Do's and Don'ts
  • “Hoorensoo” – Japanese Business Basics
  • Role Play
  •   Doing business with the Japanese (30 mins)
     

    Lunch break ( 60 mins )

      Communicating with the Japanese in business (60 mins)
       
  • Keywords for Japanese national identity
  • Decoding body language
  • Japanese communication style
  • Building good relationships
  • Meeting protocol
  • Business socializing
  •   Japanese History (40 mins)
       
  • Roots of the Japanese
  • Japanese symbolism / Imperial family
  • Time-line
  •  

    Tea break (15 mins)

      Japanese culture, religion, and politics (40 mins)
       
  • Traditional Japanese culture
  • Modern / Pop-culture
  • Religion (Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity and cult religions)
  • Japanese Festivities
  • Politics (Government & political parties in Japan)
  •   Living and Dwellings (20 mins)
       
  • Layout of the house
  • Japanese lifestyle
  •   Eating and Dining (30 mins)
    What Our Previous Participants have Said
    » Very enjoyable & enlightening
    » Contents were great and interesting
    » This allows me to have better knowledge and to avoid doing anything rude in front of Japanese colleagues
    » The parts I liked most were the history, culture, religion and festivities of Japan
    » The business etiquette and socializing parts are very helpful
    » The trainer is exciting, knowledgeable and well-spoken.
    » I am very happy with the course. It met all my expectations. Well done.
        -Lars Amstrup, President, Havi Food Services
    »
    I enjoyed your course last month and found it very useful. In fact, I’ve just returned from my business trips to Japan and Korea and have actually applied what you taught during my meetings with our agents/customers, so that was good.
        -Kris Kang, Imperial Tabacco (Asia) Pte Ltd
    »
    Your course was most informative (and enjoyable). I just returned from a one-week business trip to Tokyo and Sendai. Your course’s information on business etiquette was very helpful as I had to attend business dinners.
        -Andrew Ho - Assistant Director   JTC Corporation
    »
    I wanted to write and thank you for the Japanese Cultural Course we did on Saturday. I found it very informative and enjoyed your presentation style. I think what I have learnt will be very useful when my company starts to do business in Japan in the next few months. I was very impressed that you were able to keep everyone interested and engaged for such a long time on a Saturday.
        -Tim Ledger - ipac Wealth Management Asia
    »

    It was indeed a very useful seminar and I found it to be very relevant to daily communication in a Japanese working environment and also for those intending to go to Japan.

       
    -Sivaraman. K, Head Of Training Unit
      ALPS Electric (M) Sdn. Bhd.
    »

    The contents were properly prepared. It highlighted many things that should not be done when talking to the Japanese.

       
    -Kendrick - ALPS Electric (M) Sdn. Bhd
    »

    Your class was a lot of fun and very interactive!

       

    -Callie Chen
      Regional Manager, TMC Educational Group

    Instructor : Ms Kazue Kaneko
    » After graduating Kobe University, worked in Osaka and Tokyo for two years
    » Completed Japanese teaching methodology intensive course in Bryn Mawr collage in the USA
    » Taught Japanese for two years at University of the South in USA
    » Obtained an MA of Japanese applied Linguistics from the University of New South Wales, Australia
    » Took up part time Japanese teaching during the above MA course.
    » Taught Japanese at a Singapore polytechnic, a private language school and a government ministry
    » Business development manager and Japanese teacher at Nihongo Bashi Pte Ltd for two years. Took charge of courseware development.
    » Founded Japanese Language & Cultural training provision company, J-Biz Pte Ltd. Director and Instructor
    » Part-time instructor at Nanyang Technological University
    » A member of the Japanese Language Teachers' Association in Singapore
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