Business Etiquette - As Japan’s culture is deeply rooted from introverted ways dating back to ancient times, to an outsider, this behavior makes them somewhat unreceptive.

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Business Practices - Culture is one of the main driving forces that helped the Japanese people reach success, and their observance of certain etiquettes not just in dealing with business counterparts but in living their everyday lives as well keeps them focused while continuously helping their abundant cultural heritage to flourish.

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Character Culture - Who would have thought that a cute little kitten with button nose, a bow on her ear and a blank space for a mouth would be the star not just of her Sanrio family but of the global character-goods market for 30 years?

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Corporate Philosophy - A corporate philosophy is a behavior standard. It communicates the mission, core values and guiding principles of a company. It is a standard that guides employees on how to relate to clients, business partners, colleagues and stockholders. It summarizes the basic policies of a company for realizing its goals. These goals are what employees must strive hard to meet.

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Education - It is no secret that the Japanese place great pride upon their education. It boasts one of the highest literacy rates in the world and ranks among the highest with regard to education as well.

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Etiquette - Two concepts that have governed Japanese society and social behaviour are those of tatemae an honne. Roughly translated, tatemae refers to “the face you present to the world”, while honne espouses being “true to one’s feelings”.

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Government - Japan is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government. The Constitution, which took effect in 1947, guarantees many rights to the people, including freedom of religion, speech, and the press. It awards the vote to all men and women age 20 and older.

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Healthcare - Next to the US, Japan has the world’s largest healthcare market.  The Japanese spend almost $300 billion per year on their healthcare, placing their standards as among the highest in the world. 

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Military - In the late Edo period, Japan saw the end of the Tokugawa. Bakufu brought about the Meiji-ishin or the Meiji Restoration which happened between 1866 and 1869. With this restoration, the Japanese form of government reverted to its Imperial administration with Emperor Meiji as ruler.

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Monarchy - The imperial household of Japan (also referred to as the imperial family) refers those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties, as well as their minor children.

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Famous Personalities - Japan has grown out of its traditional ways of living. Popular TV programs, movies, music and comics created persons that are worth seeing and even imitating. These people seen affront and even behind the mass media have deeply influenced the way lots of Japanese have lived. These personalities affected the way Japanese people act, think, and feel.

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Popular Culture - Like in most countries, the trend is to adapt and imitate the media or foreign practices that they get to know about and are normally exposed to. The Japanese people have exhausted all means and efforts to develop their own ways of improving and at the same time adapting such things to their own native culture.

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Superstitions - Every culture has its own superstitions. Some superstitions are similar across cultures, but others are definitely unique to their own culture. In Japanese culture, this is evident. The Japanese people have a set of interesting superstitions which they follow closely. In this article, we will be dividing some of these unique superstitions into 6 broad categories.

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